An eighty-year-old woman was hit while crossing the road outside the pedestrian crossing, suddenly appearing from behind some parked cars in Via Trieste, in Nuoro .
The elderly woman was struck head-on by a car and fell violently to the ground. Rescued by emergency personnel who responded to the scene, she was taken to the hospital with multiple fractures.
She was conscious at the time of impact, but was assigned a code red .
Local police also attended the accident scene to conduct investigations and reconstruct the exact circumstances. The car was driven by a 65-year-old man .