Calco: Driver surrenders after fatal hit-and-run of elderly pedestrian

An 83-year-old woman, Maria Luisa Riva, was killed on Tuesday evening after being struck by a vehicle on the SS 342 Briantea in Calco. The incident occurred around 8:30 PM while the victim was using a pedestrian crossing to reach a chapel for a patron saint celebration.

Witnesses and investigators report that the driver of a Peugeot was traveling at high speed. Despite another motorist stopping to allow the woman to cross, the driver of the Peugeot allegedly accelerated and fled the scene. Following an investigation by the Carabinieri of Merate, which utilized CCTV footage and eyewitness accounts, a 56-year-old man from Brivio identified as the driver turned himself in at the police station the following day.