An 80-year-old man has told police he was “wrong” to drive down Rome’s famed Spanish Steps, after firefighters had to recover his vehicle from the landmark in the early hours of Tuesday.

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 who tried to drive a vehicle down the Spanish Steps in Rome on Tuesday got stuck. The driver, who has not ...

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.

Don’t try this at home. By Claire Moses What’s the quickest way down Rome’s Spanish Steps? Definitely not by car. Before dawn on Tuesday, an 80-year-old Italian man behind the wheel of a ...