Overview

• Vladyslav Malamen, 6, died at Padua’s hospital after being struck on a crosswalk in Santa Maria di Sala, with Venice prosecutors opening a case and moving to register the 25-year-old driver as a suspect while the car remains seized.
• The Ukrainian family had arrived weeks earlier and consented to organ donation, as Carabinieri continue to reconstruct the collision on the Noalese where residents have long flagged a hazardous junction.
• In Caucana (Ragusa), two-year-old Raffaele died after climbing into a large above-ground pool at a holiday home, with Carabinieri probing under the Ragusa prosecutor’s direction and a decision on autopsy pending.
• A two-year-old who fell from a moving car near Viterbo is in intensive care with a 20‑day prognosis but not in danger of life, as police question claims about child seats after finding none in the vehicle and assess potential restraint violations.
• In separate cases, a two-year-old was reportedly killed by a reversing van in Catanzaro and a 15-year-old, Andrea Passalacqua, died under a tractor in the Ragusa area, with local prosecutors and Carabinieri conducting inquiries.