Man drives car into pedestrians in Italy, injuring eight

Seven people were injured, two seriously, before passers-by gave chase and stopped the man.

Car Plows Into Pedestrians in Northern Italian Town, Injuring at Least 8

Four of the injured were in serious condition, the mayor of Modena said, praising residents who rushed to stop the car’s driver from escaping on foot.

By Elisabetta Povoledo

Seven people injured after man drives car into pedestrians in northern Italy

Man in 30s arrested over incident in Modena that left two seriously hurt Seven people were injured, two seriously, on Saturday after a car rammed into a group of pedestrians in the northern Italian city of Modena. Police said the driver, in his thirties, has been arrested. He is also alleged to have attempted to stab a passerby who had tried to stop him. Continue reading...

By Angela Giuffrida in Rome

Driver plows into pedestrians in Italy's Modena, leaving 8 injured

A driver plowed into pedestrians in the northern Italian city of Modena on Saturday, injuring eight people, four of them critically, local authorities said.

Eight injured after car ploughs into crowd in Italy's Modena

Investigators are still determining if the driver acted deliberately. Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni called the incident in Modena "extremely serious."

8 injured as man rams car into pedestrians in Italy’s Modena

Eight ⁠people were ⁠injured on Saturday when ⁠a car drove into pedestrians in the centre of the northern Italian city of Modena, police and the city’s mayor said. Police said they ‌arrested the driver, a man in his thirties, and there was no further danger. Among the injured, four people are in a serious condition, the city mayor, Massimo Mezzetti, told broadcaster RaiNews24. The driver ⁠is an Italian national born in Bergamo, of North African ‌origin, and a resident of the Modena area, the...

By Reuters

Man with knife plows car into pedestrians in Italian city injuring at least 8 people

Several pedestrians injured when a car drove into them in Modena, Italy

By Sara Rossi

Italy: 8 injured after driver crashes car into pedestrians in Modena

A car deliberately drove into pedestrians in Modena, Italy, injuring at least eight people, with four seriously hurt. The driver, an Italian national of North African origin, was arrested after brandishing a knife. Prime Minister Meloni called the incident "extremely serious" and thanked those who intervened.

By TOI WORLD DESK

Eight injured as driver in Italian city runs over pedestrians

Eight injured as driver in Italian city runs over pedestrians

On Camera, Man Drives Into Pedestrians, Then Chases People With Knife In Italy

Four of the persons were critically injured in the incident, Modena mayor Massimo Mezzetti told reporters.

Seven injured as driver in Italian city runs over pedestrians

A driver injured seven people, four of them badly, when he drove on a sidewalk in the northern Italian city of Modena on Saturday and then got out possibly holding a knife, the mayor said. Early eyewitness accounts said the driver, aged in his 30s, apparently “aimed for the sidewalk, hitting a bike, then crashed while slamming head-on into a woman, badly hurt with both legs crushed”, mayor Massimo Mezzetti told local media and the ANSA news agency. The car then crashed into a shop window. “He...

By none@none.com (AFP)

Eight injured as driver in Italian city runs over pedestrians

Security camera footage broadcast by Italian media showed a car being driven at high speed into a city centre street packed with pedestrians and cyclists.

Man drives car into pedestrians in Italy before trying to stab them

A man has driven his car into pedestrians in the northern Italian city of Modena, before trying to stab them, officials say.

By Emmanuel Tetteh