Overview
- The incident occurred Sunday evening on a residential stretch of the regional road near the family's home in the Le Piana area.
- According to initial reports, the child slipped from her mother's hand and entered the roadway as a car approached.
- Emergency crews from the Croce Rossa di Vernio and the Misericordia di Vaiano attempted resuscitation for roughly an hour without success.
- The driver of a small-displacement car stopped to assist and remained at the scene.
- Vernio's mayor Maria Lucarini offered condolences, and the mayors of Vernio, Vaiano and Cantagallo postponed a planned provincial press conference.