BREAKING: Villa Park hit and run horror as cops hunt driver 'who deliberately hit crowd' after match

West Midlands Police said they are investigating and are carrying retired CCTV inquiries to place the conveyance progressive successful the Birmingham collision this weekend

Police person launched a manhunt for a operator who deed a assemblage of radical aft a Premier League lucifer and near 1 idiosyncratic injured.

West Midlands Police said investigators are seeking a operator who "deliberately'" ploughed into fans extracurricular Villa Park, connected Trinity Road, Birmingham, yesterday.

One supporter, who was among those injured successful the collision, said they were shocked that noone was killed aft the car mounted the pavement extracurricular the stadium pursuing the location team's 2-2 gully against Crystal Palace.

The victim, 33, said the car accelerated and struck her and respective others connected Witton Road, adjacent to Manor Road, successful Aston, astatine astir 5.15pm, connected November 23.

She told Birmingham Live that she was forced to determination her 85-year-old nan distant from the car's path, yet placing herself successful harm's way.

The pistillate was flung implicit the vehicle's bonnet and suffered injuries to her leg, with photos showing she had sustained extended bruising pursuing the incident.

She had been attending the crippled with her grandma and niece earlier chaos unfolded, and said the car had struck her connected the broadside of her knee.

She told Birmingham Live: "What was meant to beryllium a bully crippled of shot ended up with maine getting deed by a car, which struck maine connected the broadside of the knee. Was coming retired of Villa astir to transverse the roadworthy and this large achromatic car accelerated consecutive into us.

"I had shoved my aged comparative retired the mode and went onto the bonnet. He virtually went into me, drove up the pavement into different radical apparently. People astir maine were screaming. He deed aggregate people, immoderate radical tried chasing aft him.

"Many witnesses helped maine up, but it could person been a batch worse. It has shaken maine up and frightened everyone. How no-one got killed I don't know. It was perfectly reckless driving from him. Police were made alert and this has been reported to them."

Police person since said they are seeking to place the conveyance progressive successful the Saturday crash, with radical who whitethorn person seen the incidental asked to travel forward.

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