MILAN: A driver injured seven people, two 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. “He was seen with a knife in his hand, but he didn’t manage to stab anyone. It seems like he was trying to hit someone,” the mayor said.
Seven injured as driver in Italian city runs over pedestrians
“It seems like he was trying to hit someone,” the mayor said
He added that the circumstances of the incident were still unclear
May 16, 2026 20:19
MILAN: A driver injured seven people, two 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.
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