{"id":501962,"date":"2026-03-29T15:12:12","date_gmt":"2026-03-29T15:12:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/501962\/"},"modified":"2026-03-29T15:12:12","modified_gmt":"2026-03-29T15:12:12","slug":"efl-club-release-statement-after-seven-people-injured-and-man-under-arrest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/501962\/","title":{"rendered":"EFL club release statement after seven people injured and man under arrest"},"content":{"rendered":"

Derby County Football Club has released a statement after seven people were injured when they were struck by a car in the city centre.<\/p>\n

One man in his 30’s is under arrest after the incident,<\/a> which involved a black Suzuki Swift, took place at 9.30pm on Saturday night.<\/p>\n

Ambulance crews rendered aid to those injured on the scene before multiple people were hospitalised.<\/p>\n

On Sunday morning, the club described being “shocked and saddened” by the news.<\/p>\n

The East Midlands side said: “Derby County Football Club is shocked and saddened by the incident in the city centre last night, in which a number of people were injured. <\/p>\n

“Our thoughts are with all those affected, their families, and the wider community at this difficult time. <\/p>\n

“We would also like to place on record our sincere thanks to the emergency services who responded so quickly and professionally.”<\/p>\n

An East Midlands Ambulance Service spokesman told GB News it sent three paramedics in three ambulance cars, seven ambulances, and its Hazardous Area Response Team to the scene after it received a call at 9.31pm Saturday.<\/p>\n

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Derby County Football Club has released a statement after seven people were injured when they were struck by a car in the city centre<\/p>\n

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It then transported seven victims of the incident to Royal Derby Hospital and Queen’s Medical Centre.<\/p>\n

Police officers stopped the car involved in the incident shortly after it occurred.<\/p>\n

Derby County Football Club, also known as The Rams, currently competes in the EFL Championship.<\/p>\n

They sit in 8th place in the league table, firmly in the hunt for a play-off spot, as they look for a chance to be promoted into the Premier League.<\/p>\n

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Alongside their ambition on the pitch, the club is deeply embedded in its community.<\/p>\n

The Derby County Community Trust (DCCT), supports over 25,000 people annually and the club’s core identity values include being “the heartbeat of our community”.<\/p>\n

The Labour MP for Derby North, Catherine Atkinson, has also reacted to the incident in a statement on social media.<\/p>\n

She said: “I am deeply shocked by reports that people have been injured in a serious incident in Derby city centre this evening.”<\/p>\n

\"DerbyA man in his 30s is under arrest after the incident near Derby city centre | GETTY<\/p>\n

The MP added: “My thoughts are with those injured and I\u2019m grateful to our emergency services.”<\/p>\n

She also urged people to follow police advice to avoid the area and for those with information to contact Derbyshire Constabulary as soon as possible.<\/p>\n

Derbyshire Constabulary told GB News no further information was yet available.<\/p>\n

Anyone who can help with the investigation is urged to contact Derbyshire Constabulary on its website, Facebook, or on 101, quoting incident 1131.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Derby County Football Club has released a statement after seven people were injured when they were struck by…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":501963,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[35884,55697,28844,218,50,217,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-501962","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football","tag-across-the-uk","tag-east-midlands","tag-efl","tag-football","tag-news","tag-sport","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/501962","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=501962"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/501962\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/501963"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=501962"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=501962"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=501962"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}