Road typo stops town in tracks and lightens lockdown in Italian town

Workers freshening up markings in beach town of Sabaudia painted Sotp' instead of Stop' in bold letters

A typo in a road marking has caused amusement among residents of a town near Rome, helping to break the monotony of the coronavirus lockdown.

Workers freshening up markings earlier this week at an intersection on Via Regina Margherita in the beach town of Sabaudia painted Sotp" instead of Stop" in bold letters.