Car Plows Into Pedestrians in Northern Italian Town, Injuring at Least 8
The New York Times • • general
Key Points:
- A car drove into a group of pedestrians on the main shopping street in Modena, northern Italy, injuring at least eight people, with four in serious condition, according to Mayor Massimo Mezzetti.
- Two of the injured were airlifted to a hospital in Bologna, and among the victims were a German and a Polish woman; one woman suffered crushed legs.
- The speeding car eventually crashed into a storefront, and the driver attempted to flee on foot but was stopped by bystanders, some of whom were injured during the confrontation.
- Authorities praised the courage and civic sense of the residents who intervened to prevent the driver’s escape.