Overview
- Milan’s local police located the suspect in Segrate and he is now in custody on suspicion of vehicular homicide and failure to render aid.
- The victim, 87-year-old Franco Bertolotti, was struck in a marked crossing on via Fratelli Bronzetti and died shortly after reaching the Policlinico hospital.
- A white Citroën Berlingo rented van was recovered with front-end damage about three kilometres from the scene after the driver fled and abandoned it.
- Authorities say surveillance footage, rental-company records and mobile data guided the rapid identification; the suspect is reported to be of Egyptian origin and is being held at San Vittore pending judicial steps.
- The arrest comes as road safety alarms grow after a fatal car–school-bus collision near Arignano that left about 20 students with minor injuries and two separate child pedestrian strikes in Milan, including a 12-year-old in critical condition and a 9-year-old hit by a fleeing driver.