Italian tennis coach suffers spinal injury in NYC hit-run that left 7 pedestrians hurt

An Italian tennis coach on her last day of vacation in the Big Apple suffered a spinal-cord injury when a hit-and-run driver plowed into her and six other pedestrians in Midtown on Sunday, a new report says.

Giulia Gardani, a 34-year-old sports instructor from Piacenza outside Milan, was with her husband when she was allegedly La Voce di New York reported.  

The couple had been due to return home to Italy on Monday, her sister-in-law told La Voce.

Instead, Gardani remains in Bellevue Hospital, where she was initially rushed in critical condition, according to police sources.

She underwent a five-hour surgery after suffering a cervical spine injury, her sister-in-law said.

The outlet said Gardani’s husband, Matteo Maj, a 51-year-old graphic designer, was also hospitalized with facial and leg trauma in the wake of the bloody hit-and-run, although that couldn’t immediately be confirmed by The Post with authorities.

The couple had arrived in the Big Apple after earlier traveling to Chicago and Boston, the relative said.

Sunday’s chaos unfolded when the driver, who is believed to have been suffering a mental health episode, plowed into the pedestrians at West 36th Street and Sixth Avenue just before midnight, police and sources said.

The driver then allegedly zoomed off toward the Queens-Midtown Tunnel, leaving behind a grisly scene.

Gardani and four men ages 24 to 60 were rushed to Bellevue, including a 27-year-old man suffering two broken legs, sources said.

Another 32-year-old man was taken to Weill Cornell Medical Center, while a 30-year-old man refused medical attention at the scene. 

The fleeing motorist ended up striking two cars on the Long Island Expressway near the 188th Street exit in Queens before her car was disabled, according to cops.

She was cuffed at the scene after cops matched her license plate to the Midtown crash, sources said.

When the driver was nabbed, she allegedly told officers: “It’s in God’s hands.”

The driver, who tested negative for alcohol, was taken to Long Island Jewish Medical Center for a psych eval, the sources added.

Charges are pending against the driver, according to cops.