A driver has plowed into pedestrians in the northern Italian city of Modena, injuring eight people, four of them critically, before trying to flee and being detained by police, local authorities said.

AT least four people are fighting for their lives after a car ploughed into pedestrians and smashed them against a shop wall.  The driver, 30, mowed down victims on Via Emilia Centro in

In Modena, Italy, a car drove into pedestrians, injuring eight people. The driver, an Italian national from Bergamo, is in police custody. Four people are in serious condition. The driver reportedly brandished a knife after the crash.