Overview

• Saray Arias, a 20-year-old Spanish Erasmus student from León, was struck on a marked crossing in central Naples and died hours later in hospital, with the Spanish Consulate notifying her death.
• Naples police have opened a formal investigation for road homicide, a standard charge in fatal traffic cases under Italian law.
• Local authorities ordered the withdrawal of the driver’s licence after the crash involving a Range Rover Evoque.
• Two friends who were crossing with Arias told police the vehicle approached at high speed and did not stop, while the 18-year-old driver said he believed the pedestrians would halt and that he had a green light.
• Students and merchants in Naples held a candlelight tribute at the crash site, and the University of León observed a minute of silence as Arias’s family, now in Naples, received support from the consulate and local university staff.