Driver crashes into crowd – several injured
A 31-year-old man has been arrested in the northern Italian city of Modena for having run over a large number of people.
Eight people have been injured, four of them seriously, reports the Ansa news agency.
The man in the car is said to have first run over several people in central Modena on Saturday afternoon, before getting out of the vehicle and trying to stab a passerby who tried to stop him.
According to witnesses, he is said to have driven onto the sidewalk at high speed and fled after crashing the car into a facade.
– He was driving at at least 100 kilometers per hour, says a witness according to Ansa.
The suspect was arrested after being overpowered by several members of the public.
The two most seriously injured were flown by ambulance helicopter to a hospital in Bologna. One of them, a 55-year-old woman, has life-threatening injuries and is reported to have lost her legs.
“My condolences to the injured and their families. I also thank the citizens who bravely intervened to stop the perpetrator and the police for their intervention,” writes Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni in a post on X.
The city’s mayor Massimo Mezzetti describes it as a “tragic incident.”
– I am deeply shocked. Regardless of its nature, it is a very serious incident,” he says on the spot in the area, writes Ansa.
Eight people have been injured, four of them seriously, reports the Ansa news agency.
The man in the car is said to have first run over several people in central Modena on Saturday afternoon, before getting out of the vehicle and trying to stab a passerby who tried to stop him.
According to witnesses, he is said to have driven onto the sidewalk at high speed and fled after crashing the car into a facade.
– He was driving at at least 100 kilometers per hour, says a witness according to Ansa.
The suspect was arrested after being overpowered by several members of the public.
The two most seriously injured were flown by ambulance helicopter to a hospital in Bologna. One of them, a 55-year-old woman, has life-threatening injuries and is reported to have lost her legs.
“My condolences to the injured and their families. I also thank the citizens who bravely intervened to stop the perpetrator and the police for their intervention,” writes Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni in a post on X.
The city’s mayor Massimo Mezzetti describes it as a “tragic incident.”
– I am deeply shocked. Regardless of its nature, it is a very serious incident,” he says on the spot in the area, writes Ansa.
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