Pregnant driver knocks down and kills scooter-rider in Rome

A pregnant woman driving a Mini hit and killed an elderly scooter rider on Tuesday in central Rome.

Emergency services tried to save the 60-year-old man but he died at the scene of the accident on the busy Lungotevere which runs along the river Tiber.

The woman was treated for severe shock.

Police are investigating the accident, which happened at around 10 am.