80 people injured in accident

French paramedics attend to French soccer fans who were plowed in by a driver, apparently drunk and heading in the wrong direction on the Champs Elysees early Monday. Rescue officials said the car, at right, plowed into a group of fans celebrating France s World Cup victory early Monday, injuring about 80 people, some seriously, rescue officials said. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)

 PARIS (AP) -- An apparently panicked driver plowed into a group of fans celebrating France's World Cup victory early today, injuring 80 people, 11 seriously, hospital officials said.
 The accident happened as the city erupted in joy after France's 3-0 victory over Brazil in Sunday's championship game. At least a million people streamed to the Champs-Elysees to celebrate.
 The driver, a 44-year-old schoolteacher, panicked and ran away from the scene, said a source close to the investigation into the accident, who spoke on condition of anonymity.
 After wandering around Paris for several hours, she called her son who took the distraught woman to a police station in suburban Paris where she was detained, the source said.
 The car was zigzagging down the avenue from the Arc de Triomphe and plowed into the partying fans. The driver was attacked by the crowd before police intervened, according to witnesses. The car, a black Volkswagen, was seen lying on its side.
 "Apparently it was a crazy car, which drove for several dozen metres, knocking over people on its way," said Cmdr. Philippe Lavoil, a rescue official. Two hundred rescue workers arrived to treat the victims.
 Witnesses said the woman cut down revellers over a 50-metre swath, and then dragged some them for several metres.
 "A car was coming down the Champs-Elysees in the wrong direction," said witness Stephan Gueroui. "It hit a group who was crossing."
 Gueroui's face was swollen and bleeding, after he got caught in a brawl.