Manhunt for driver who ‘intentionally hit’ crowd after Premier League conflict

Police have launched a manhunt for a driver who hit a crowd after a Premier League match.

Football fans had been leaving Aston Villa’s clash with Crystal Palace on Saturday (November 23) when the incident occurred. One supporter, who was among the injured, said they were shocked nobody was killed after the car mounted a pavement.

The victim, 33, said the car accelerated and struck her and several others on Witton Road, close to Manor Road, in Aston, at around 5.15pm. She told BirminghamLive she had moved her 85-year-old nan out of the way, placing herself in the car’s path.

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The woman was flung over the vehicle’s bonnet and suffered injuries to her leg.

She said: “What was meant to be a good game of football ended up with me getting hit by a car, which struck me on the side of the knee. [I] was coming out of Villa about to cross the road and this big black car accelerated straight into us. I had shoved my elderly relative out the way and went onto the bonnet.

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“He literally went into me, drove up the pavement into other people apparently. People around me were screaming. He hit multiple people, some people tried chasing after him.

“Many witnesses helped me up, but it could have been a lot worse. It has shaken me up and scared everyone. How no-one got killed I don’t know. It was absolutely reckless driving from him. Police were made aware and this has been reported to them.”

Police have now launched a manhunt and asked anyone who may have relevant information to come forward. They said: “We were called to a collision involving a car and pedestrians in Witton Road, Aston, yesterday (Saturday).

“Thankfully no-one was seriously injured. We are investigating and carrying out CCTV inquiries to identify the vehicle.”