‘I’d do it again’ says man who stopped Liverpool parade crash driver

Evening Standard

A former soldier who brought Paul Doyle’s car to a stop when he climbed into the back seat and moved the gearstick to park mode has said he does not think he did anything special.Dan Barr has been described as a “hero” who stopped Doyle, who injured 134 people, from continuing to drive through the crowds on Water Street in Liverpool city centre after Liverpool FC’s victory parade on May 26.The 41-year-old, who suffered cuts to his head following a “scuffle” with the driver, said he only did what most other people on the street were trying to do.

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00:00It hasn't sunk in, maybe it never will, but I'll do it again.

00:04Move! Move! Move! Move!

00:14That's just ruined and affected so many lives.

00:20I crawled inside, bear in mind all the screaming and shouting and panic,

00:26and as soon as I got into the back seat, he accelerated off and the door slammed immediately behind me,

00:34as far as I remember anyway. I remember seeing the automatic gear stick,

00:39so from the back seat I've reached through and I've pushed it as far as I could,

00:46as hard as I could, into P, which has brought the car to the start.

00:50If you could somehow find the truth off most of the men I'd seen on that street,

00:55they were all trying to do the same thing, anything, anything.

00:59Not like here or Brave, if they could have, they would have.

01:02I imagine there's lots of people who'd love to have been in my position.

01:07And do the same. It's standard, I think it's standard that you've...

01:12to me that you do what you can.

01:16I don't think it's...

01:17...anything special. I know it sounds mad.

01:20It hasn't sunk in.

01:21Maybe it never will, but...

01:23I'll do it again.

01:25All right, thank you.

01:26All right.

01:28All right.

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