Auto gives way to pedestrian, rear-end hits woman who dies

 An 88-year-old woman died after being hit by a car this morning while crossing the street in via Murcarolo in Quinto in the eastern Genoese area.

The woman was crossing on the pedestrian crossing.

    The accident at 11 am The old woman, who had immediately appeared in very serious condition to the 118 doctors who intervened on the spot, was transported to the San Martino hospital but died on arrival at the hospital.

The road was closed in both directions to allow for surveys by the accident section of the local police.

Based on the initial findings, it seems that the car that hit the old woman had stopped to let her cross but was hit by another vehicle that pushed her forward, making her overwhelm the woman. Her name was Giovanna Peila, she was originally from from Voghera but was resident in via Murcarolo, the 88-year-old hit and killed this morning while returning home with shopping bags.

The car of a young driver who,

according to some witnesses, it was proceeding at high speed.

The investigations to reconstruct the dynamics of the accident are entrusted to the agents of the accident section of the local police who, at the moment, to allow the necessary investigations, have investigated both drivers for road homicide.

This morning is the eighth fatal road accident in the city since the beginning of the year.

And only this morning in Genoa there were two other serious accidents: in one a 50-year-old scooter driver in via Merano in Sestri Ponente, to avoid a pedestrian, fell and was hospitalized at San Martino after being intubated.

In the A7 near Bolzaneto and the junction with the A12, a 62-year-old motorcyclist was the protagonist of an autonomous accident: he too was intubated, he is very serious at the San Martino hospital.