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.

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 older man made a wrong turn and accidentally drove onto the iconic Spanish Steps in Rome, Italy. Rico, a 9-year-old prehensile-tailed Brazilian porcupine who has been delighting visitors at the ...

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 ...