The festivities throughout Chile celebrating their first-ever Copa América victory have sadly also had a darker side. The high spirits have resulted in three dead and the attempted looting of shops and supermarkets up and down the country.

In the middle of the Copa América celebrations, a driver ran over a group of football fans, killing two and injuring others, according to Bío-Bío Radio. The culprit then raced away from the scene of the crime.

The three people killed have been identified as Marco Antonio Calfeque, 48 and Pablo Mora Bobadilla, 90. Another three revellers were injured, one of them whom may die from the injuries sustained in the attack.

Meanwhile, in Quilicura in the north of the Chilean capital, another man was killed as a result of an exchange of gunshots in the early hours of Sunday morning.

The victim, Luis Alfredo Villegas Vásquez, was trying to calm down a group of people celebrating Chile's football triumph by firing a gun in the streets. The resulting confrontation with these individuals led to his murder.