A car plowed into pedestrians in Modena, Italy, injuring eight people, four of whom are in critical condition. Police detained the driver and are investigating whether the crash was intentional.

Shortly after a car plowed into a crowd of pedestrians in Modena, Italy on Saturday, four Italian civilians stepped in and tackled the vehicle’s driver, pulling him to the ground, according to the city’s mayor.

A driver has plowed into pedestrians in the northern Italian city of Modena, injuring eight people, four of them critically, before trying to flee and being detained by police, local authorities said.

A driver plowed into pedestrians in the northern Italian city of Modena on Saturday, injuring eight people, four of them critically, local authorities said. Mayor Massimo Mezzetti said no one was killed in the dramatic crash but four victims were in serious condition.