A BURY woman has died after being knocked down by a scooter in Rome.

Deborah Woods, 31, died as she crossed a main road with Graham Openshaw, 32, in the early hours of Thursday.

The accident happened just hours after her boyfriend tweeted about walking in the capital “not getting hit by mopeds”.

The couple, from Bury, had reportedly stopped in Rome after attending a friend’s wedding elsewhere in Italy earlier in the week.

Clinical psychologist Ms Woods was said to have been killed instantly as she crossed the busy Piazzale Flaminio in the city centre, while Mr Openshaw was uninjured.

In one of his last tweets before the collision, Mr Openshaw wrote: “Spent the rest of the day wandering through rome. looking at old buildings. nearly seeing berlusconi and not getting hit by mopeds.”

The Foreign and Commonwealth Office has confirmed the death.

A spokesperson said: “We are in touch with next of kin and are providing consular assistance. We are also liaising with local authorities to help where we can.”

It was reported that the 25-year-old scooter rider was in a serious condition in hospital.