{"id":371191,"date":"2026-03-29T10:15:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-29T10:15:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/371191\/"},"modified":"2026-03-29T10:15:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-29T10:15:09","slug":"seven-people-seriously-injured-and-man-arrested-as-pedestrians-hit-by-car","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/371191\/","title":{"rendered":"Seven people seriously injured and man arrested as pedestrians hit by car"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>LATEST\u00a0|\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-91174671_secondary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom4 indo-1d70522a_marginleft0 indo-1d70522a_marginright0 indo-1d70522a_margintop4\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\" data-testid=\"title-summary\">The incident occurred in Derby city centre on Saturday evening\n<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"UK Police stock image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/20a53d94-04c8-4d07-9ece-bc5040ebcacd.jpg\" loading=\"eager\" width=\"100%\" data-testid=\"article-image\"  \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_caption1 indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_secondary indo-66f0fec7_regular indo-1d70522a_marginbottom0 indo-1d70522a_marginleft0 indo-1d70522a_marginright0 indo-1d70522a_margintop3 indo-b48c4984_left\" style=\"color:var(--color-grey-60)\">UK Police stock image<\/p>\n<p>Irish Independent Newsdesk<\/p>\n<p>Press AssociationToday at 10:19<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom0 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">A man in his 30s has been arrested after seven people suffered serious injuries when a car hit pedestrians in Derby.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">The car, a black Suzuki Swift, struck a number of people in Friar Gate at about 9.30pm on Saturday, Derbyshire Police said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">Seven people were treated at the scene and taken to hospital, with a range of serious but not life-threatening injuries, the force added.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">A man in his 30s, who is originally from India, was found a short time after the incident and arrested on suspicion of attempted murder, causing serious injury through dangerous driving, inflicting grievous bodily harm with intent, and dangerous driving, police said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">He remains in police custody.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LATEST\u00a0|\u00a0 The incident occurred in Derby city centre on Saturday evening UK Police stock image Irish Independent 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