MILAN: A driver with a history of mental health problems ran over a number of people in the northern Italian city of Modena on Saturday, injuring eight people, four of them seriously, authorities said.&nbsp;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.&nbsp;The driver, an Italian of Moroccan heritage, hit several people before crashing into a shop window, colliding head-on with a woman, city prefect Fabrizia Triolo told a news conference.&nbsp;He tried to flee the scene but was chased and cornered by four passers-by, then pulled a knife and injured one of them.&nbsp;Eight people, including a German and a Pole, have been taken to hospital, four of them in a serious condition, the prefect said. One of the injured has had to have both legs amputated.&nbsp;The driver, an economics graduate born in 1995 was not known to the police, but went through a spell of &quot;psychological disturbance&quot; in 2022, the prefect said.&nbsp;&quot;He had been treated at a mental health centre for schizoid disorders, but we lost track of him after that initial period of observation in a care facility,&quot; she added.&nbsp;According to the prefect, the driver was not under the influence of &quot;psychotropic substances&quot;.&nbsp;His home near Modena has been searched.

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A driver with past mental health issues rammed pedestrians in Modena, Italy, injuring eight people, four seriously. After crashing, he tried fleeing and attacked a bystander with a knife before being captured by passers-by and arrested.

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Eight injured as driver in Italian city runs over pedestrians

Eight injured as driver in Italian city runs over pedestrians