Still reeling from witnessing a car ploughing through a crowded city centre in Modena in northern Italy on Saturday, pensioner Walter Botorsi said an even bigger tragedy was narrowly avoided.

A car has plowed into pedestrians in Modena, Italy, injuring eight people. Four are in critical condition, according to the mayor.

Several people are injured after a car reportedly drove into pedestrians in Modena, northern Italy, with the driver allegedly stabbing a passerby who tried to stop him

The exact number of the affected is being determined

Man in 30s arrested over incident in Modena that left two seriously hurt

The harrowing incident took place at around 4.30pm in Modena with four of the victims reported to have been injured critically.

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

A 31-year-old man has been detained after ploughing his car into several people in Modena's city centre. The mayor said at least eight were injured, four seriously. #EuropeNews

The 31-year-old driver allegedly brandished a knife before being arrested by police at the scene.

Several people were injured after a driver plowed into a crowd in Modena, Italy, Saturday, officials said.

The driver, a 31-year-old man, was detained and questioned in the city of Modena. Authorities are investigating whether he was under the influence or acted deliberately.

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

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Mayor Massimo Mezzetti said that a woman was pinned against a shop window and required the amputation of both legs due to the crash. | World News

The car rammed into a crowd in the Italian city Modena, injuring eight including a woman whose legs had to be amputated.

Italy's interior ministry said the driver was undergoing treatment for psychiatric disorders as the search for a motive continues.

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

A man drove a car into a crowd in the northern Italian city of Modena , Italy, on Saturday, injuring at least eight people.