Man drives car into pedestrians in Italy, injuring eight

A man drove his car into pedestrians in Modena, Italy, injuring eight people, four seriously. The incident occurred around 16:30 local time in the city center.

BBC News - WorldFiled 2026-05-16 · 18:21 GMTLean · CenterRead · 1 min

Man drives car into pedestrians in Italy, injuring eight

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A man drove his car into pedestrians in Modena, Italy, injuring eight people, four seriously. The incident occurred around 16:30 local time in the city center. Passers-by pursued and detained the man, who is in his 30s, before handing him over to police. One woman sustained severe leg injuries. Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni called the event "extremely serious," and the city's mayor stated it would be more so if premeditated. Eyewitnesses reported the car was speeding and accelerated towards the curb, hitting pedestrians.

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Mayor Massimo Mezzeti stated the incident would be 'even more serious' if it was premeditated.

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Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni called the incident 'extremely serious'.

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Bystanders apprehended the suspect, a man in his 30s, and handed him over to the police.

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A man drove his car into pedestrians in Modena, Italy, injuring eight people.

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Four of the eight injured pedestrians sustained serious injuries, including one woman whose legs were reportedly crushed.

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A man has driven his car into pedestrians in the northern Italian city of Modena, injuring eight people, four seriously, officials say. They include a woman who reportedly had both her legs crushed.Passers-by gave chase and managed to detain the man, in his 30s, and hand him over to police.Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni described the incident as "extremely serious". City Mayor Massimo Mezzeti added that it would be "even more serious" if it turned out to be a premeditated attack.The incident occurred around 16:30 (14:30 GMT), when the speeding car hit the pedestrians in the centre of Modena, south-east of Milan. "We saw the car approaching, it was heading for the curb," an eyewitness said. "It suddenly accelerated - it was going at least 100km/h (62mph).""We saw people flying," the witness told Italian media.

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