Overview
- A 39-year-old man driving a black Smart hit two elderly sisters on a marked crosswalk in via Carnia late Wednesday night, killing 75-year-old Alfonsa Curiale and seriously injuring her roughly 70-year-old sister.
- The driver initially fled the scene but surrendered within about an hour after his parents urged him to turn himself in and police located the damaged car in a supermarket parking lot.
- On-scene breath tests and hospital blood work confirmed about four times the legal alcohol limit and a positive result for cocaine while officers said the man was incoherent and smelled of alcohol.
- He is held at San Vittore and faces charges that include omicidio stradale (vehicular homicide), omissione di soccorso (failure to assist) and driving under the influence as investigators and prosecutors build the case.
- The crash has renewed worry over a recent string of deadly collisions involving elderly pedestrians in Milan and could lead to calls for tougher enforcement of drunk driving laws and measures to protect crosswalks.