Brit woman killed after Fiat Punto swerves off road into canal in horror crash as cops spot car during patrol in Italy

A BRITISH woman has died after her car crashed, rolled and entered a a canal in Italy.

Police spotted the vehicle in the water half-hidden among vegetation during a routine patrol and raised the alarm in Caserta, southern Italy.

Firefighters used ladders to reach the car and open it using specialist equipment before discovering the body of the 44-year-old victim inside.

After attempts to revive her failed, the woman was sadly pronounced dead at the scene and her body was transported to the nearby Institute for Forensic Medicine for an autopsy.

Local media reported that CCTV footage of the accident obtained by police showed the unnamed woman crashing after hitting a pothole on a wet road.

Her Fiat Punto is understood to have flipped over before entering the canal water.

Police made the tragic discovery at around 9am yesterday morning, and immediately called for assistance.

The scene of the accident is near the commune of Villa Literno, Caserta, 15 miles northwest of the southern Italian city Naples.

The Brit is understood to have lived in Pozzuoli, a suburb of Naples, but the purpose of her trip is not yet known.

Her car was winched out of the water using a crane after her body had been extracted.

There have been no indications that anyone else was in the vehicle at the time, but the police investigation is ongoing this morning.

Another British woman was left fighting for her life after a road crash in Albania at the end of last month.

Pamela Mema, 18, was travelling to celebrate her sister's birthday bash on November 22 when the horror crash happened near the village of Belsh, central Albania.

The North London girl was rushed to hospital with life-threatening injuries and put into a medically-induced coma.

Pamela's friends and family set up a GoFundMe page in a desperate attempt to raise money to fly her home to the UK for urgent medical treatment.

The fundraiser plea said: "On November 22, 2024, our beautiful, intelligent, and strong Pamela Mema got into a car accident in the village of Belsh, Albania, on the way to celebrate her sister's 24th birthday.

"Since the 22nd Pamela has been fighting for her life In the hospitals of Albania.

"We now urgently have to bring Pamela back home to London, so she can get the best medical care she needs with the doctors we trust and put our confidence in with an Air Ambulance.

"Pamela is only 18 with her whole life ahead of her and any donations are hugely appreciated to bring our Pam home and for her to get the best care possible."

By the beginning of December, the fundraise had gathered more than £75,000 - with a stated goal of £100,000.

In a separate incident, a British dad and his two sons were injured in a fatal head-on car crash in Menorca.

The trio were travelling in a taxi which smashed into a rental car carrying a female passenger who sadly died.

One of the British youngsters, aged 20, suffered serious head injuries and was stabilised at the scene before being transferred to the Spanish holiday island’s Mateu Orfila Hospital.

He was treated intensive care unit but was understood to be in stable condition soon after the incident.

A 24-year-old described as his brother was also seriously hurt, suffering multiple injuries including a broken leg.

Their dad, 46, and the taxi driver were also hurt but not seriously.