Overview
- A large pine fell onto the sidewalk near Foro Traiano around 1 p.m. Sunday, striking a balustrade and injuring three people with non‑serious wounds.
- The injured were a 17‑year‑old Italian girl and two foreign nationals aged 34 and 42, taken in yellow code to Santo Spirito, San Giovanni and Umberto I hospitals.
- Firefighters cut and removed the canopy while municipal police and Carabinieri secured the area, closing part of the roadway and pedestrian path.
- It was the third tree collapse in the Colosseum–Fori Imperiali area in just over a month, following two January falls that caused no injuries.
- Opposition figures from the Lega and Forza Italia demanded an immediate extraordinary inspection plan, as prosecutors recently closed the inquiry into Francesca Ianni’s 2024 death with two city officials facing possible prosecution.