Police in Rome said the driver in his 80s was at a loss to explain how he had wound up driving down the famed Spanish Steps.

Before dawn on Tuesday, an 80-year-old Italian man behind the wheel of a Mercedes A-Class tried to navigate the sedan down ...

In a scene straight out of The Italian Job , an elderly man in Rome stunned onlookers by driving his small hatchback partway ...

Usually, hopefully, one wrong turn doesn’t lead to disaster. Just make a U-turn at the next opportunity. Or three lefts to make it right. For one Italian man, neither was an option when he mistakenly ...

An 80-year-old man has told police he was “wrong” to drive down Rome’s famed Spanish Steps, after firefighters had to recover ...

An 81-year-old man drove his car down the landmark Spanish Steps in Rome before getting stuck on the way down. One of Italy's ...

A man in his 80s drove a car down the landmark Spanish Steps in Rome at dawn on June 17, 2025, before getting stuck, the city ...

Police in Rome say an 80-year-old man drove a compact luxury Mercedes A Class sedan part way down the city's landmark Spanish ...

An 80-year-old Italian man drove his car down the Spanish Steps early on June 17. No injuries or damage to the steps were ...

An 80-year-old man on his way to work mistakenly drove his Mercedes-Benz sedan down Rome's famous Spanish Steps.

Footage provided by police shows the 80-year-old man inching down the famed 135-step staircase before getting stuck halfway down. The car was later hoisted out by crane.

An 80-year-old man on his way to work mistakenly drove his Mercedes-Benz sedan down Rome's famous Spanish Steps in the early morning June 17, Italian media reports show. Video captured the driver ...