An 87-year-old Italian man was hit by
a bus and killed in Bari in Puglia on Thursday morning.
The pensioner was crossing the street when the bus crashed into
him after a bend between via Capruzzi and viale Ennio, local
sources said.
He was rushed to the nearby Policlinico Hospital in critical
condition, and died of his injuries shortly after.
The bus driver suffered shock and was taken to the Puglia
capital's Mater Dei Hospital.
Police are trying to reconstruct the dynamic of the accident.
An autopsy has been ordered.
The victim was initially reported to have been a woman.
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