ROME -- A Swedish tourist died on impact after falling 15 M (50 feet) onto the bank of the Tiber early Wednesday morning, judicial sources said.
The 29-year-old landed on the riverbank between Ponte Sisto and Ponte Garibaldi after tumbling off the embankment wall of Lungotevere Sanzio, a stretch of Trastevere's riverside boulevard.
Carabinieri who viewed surveillance camera footage of the scene said the Swede was "visibly drunk" as he "staggered" along the Lungotevere's wall. He was alone.
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ROME -- Pasquale Napolitano, a reporter for the newspaper Il Giornale has been sentenced to an 8-month prison sentence for defamation according to judicial sources.
ROME -- Five members of the Contini Camorra clan have been arrested for allegedly running one of Naples’ most renowned pizzerias, according to police reports.
ROME -- The English Theatre of Rome will be opening auditions this week for a performance of “Peter and the Starcatcher” by Rick Elise. The auditions will be held on Wednesday 15 May and Thursday 16 May from 6 p.m. until 10 p.m. at the Club Montevecchio.
American director, Carl Granieri, will be returning to Rome to tell the tale of a young orphan who eventually grows up to become Peter Pan.
ROME -- A Polish tourist was killed during a hit-and-run in Palermo, according to local police reports.
The incident took place on Corso Tukory, a central street in the city, when the woman and her husband were crossing the road close to the central station. Following the collision, the driver fled the scene, only handing himself in in the early hours of Sunday morning.
