The suspect, 31, has been identified by officials as an Italian national of Moroccan origin.
Italy’s Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, who cancelled a planned trip to Cyprus and described the incident as “extremely serious”, visited the injured in hospital with President Sergio Mattarella on Sunday.
She also met Luca Signorelli, the passer-by who intervened, and thanked him for his actions.
“What makes an ordinary person heroic is the moment when the heart chooses to do good, even when that involves a risk,” she wrote on X, and shared an image of them embracing.
The incident occurred around 16:30 (14:30 GMT), when the speeding car hit the pedestrians in Via Emilia next to the iconic cathedral of Modena, south-east of Milan.
The vehicle then veered left before coming to a halt against a shop window.
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