Hit-and-run nightclub horror as 'barred reveller' in stolen car ploughs into crowd, injuring 14

 A 26-year-old man is being questioned on suspicion of attempted murder today after a car mounted a pavement and ploughed into a crowd outside a nightclub.

Fourteen people were injured when the stolen Saab mounted the pavement outside the Dali Bar in Rochdale, Greater Manchester, in the early hours of Sunday morning.
They were all taken to hospital, where three of them remain, a police spokesman said.
Chief Superintendent John Rush, of Greater Manchester Police, said: 'This could have been a fatality. There's a serious injury in relation to a fractured skull... people have been literally hit like skittles.'

A shoe on the ground on Packer Street in Rochdale, after a car drove into a group of people outside the Dali bar Sunday morning

The incident happened at 2.10am outside the Dali Bar in Packer Street.
It is thought the men in the car had earlier been refused entry into the bar.
Victim Brad Horton, 17, suffered heavy bruising to his face and leg when he was hit by the car.
The road worker was leaving the nearby Linton Tree pub with friends when he was run over.
'It sounded like a fight was taking place. I looked over and there were lots of people on top of this car. It hit me and carried on over me,' he said.

Investigation: A police forensics officer stands at the scene where a stolen car was deliberately driven into a crowd of people outside a Rochdale nightclub early Sunday morning

'It was like something out of a film. There were people lying all over the floor. They were screaming. It was a right mess.'
Seven men and seven women needed treatment for their injuries, none of which were believed to be life threatening.
The stolen car was found in Albert Royds Street around two hours later.
Detective Inspector Darren Meeks said the actions of the motorist were 'incomprehensibly dangerous and reckless'.
He added: 'Fourteen people were injured as a result of this driver's actions, some of them seriously, and we are doing all we can to identify who is responsible'.

Carnage: Shoes and belongings were left strewn across the street by the force of the incident, which saw 14 people hospitalised

The man was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder, a police spokesman said.
Officers were still searching for another 26-year-old man from the Rochdale area, he added.
'The person we are looking for knows we want to speak to him so if anyone knows where he is they should call us,' he said.
Anyone with information is asked to contact police on 0161 872 5050, or the independent charity Crimestoppers, anonymously, on 0800 555 111.