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Agence France-Presse

Italy’s Interior Minister Matteo Salvini said Monday that “around 30” have been killed after a motorway bridge collapsed in the northwestern port city of Genoa.
“Unfortunately there are around 30 dead and many injured in a serious condition,” Salvini told reporters in the Sicilian city of Catania.
Earlier, the head of the local ambulance service said there were “dozens of dead”, Italian news agency Adnkronos reported.

Rescuers scouring through the wreckage after part of a viaduct of the A10 freeway in the northern port city collapsed said there were “tens of victims”, while images from the scene showed an entire carriageway plunged on to railway lines below.
Cars and trucks were trapped in the rubble and nearby buildings damaged.
Italian media reported that 200 metres (650 feet) of the Morandi bridge had fallen away.

The Italian fire service said that the viaduct, located in an industrial area in the west of the city, collapsed at around noon (1000 GMT).
“I’m following with the utmost apprehension what is happening in Genoa and what looks like it could be an immense tragedy,” transport and infrastructure minister Danilo Toninelli said on Twitter.
Salvini said he was following events in Genoa “up to the minute” and thanked the emergency services for their swift response.

A fire service spokesperson said the bridge had mostly fallen on rail tracks 100 metres below and that “cars and trucks” had fallen with the rubble.
“Firefighters are working together and teams of rescuers and police sniffer dogs have been mobilised,” emergency services said on Twitter.
Shares in Italian company Atlantia, which runs much of Italy’s motorway network including the collapsed stretch of the A10, plunged on the Milan stock exchange after the news.

They were down 9.7 per cent at €22.48 in mid-afternoon, having earlier been temporarily suspended when the drop exceeded 10 per cent.
The Morandi viaduct, built in 1967, overspans dozens of railway lines as well as an industrial zone housing several factories.
One factory, immediately next to one of the viaducts support columns, was virtually empty on Tuesday due to a national holiday, and seems to have sustained minimal damage.

Tuesday’s incident is the latest in a string of bridge collapses in Italy, a country prone to damage from seismic activity but where infrastructure generally is showing the effects of economic stagnation.
In March last year a couple were killed when a motorway overpass collapsed on their car near Ancona on the country’s Adriatic coast.
A pensioner died in October 2016 when his car was crushed by a collapsing bridge over the SS36 dual carriageway between Milan and Lecco.
That incident was blamed on bureaucratic bungling which led to a fatal delay in the bridge being closed after it was reported to be showing significant cracks.
Genoa is located between the sea and the mountains of northwestern Italy. Its rugged terrain means motorways that run through the city and the surrounding area are characterised by long viaducts and tunnels.
Additional reporting by Reuters


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Motorway bridge collapses in Genoa, Italy, killing about 30

The collapsed Morandi bridge in Genoa on August 14, 2018. Photo: Reuters

The collapsed Morandi Bridge is seen in the Italian port city of Genoa August 14, 2018. REUTERS/Stringer NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES.

epa06948947 A handout photo made available by Rescuers shows the large section of the Morandi viaduct upon which the A10 motorway runs collapsed in Genoa, Italy, 14 August 2018. Both sides of the highway fell. Around 10 vehicles are involved in the collapse, rescue sources said Tuesday. The viaduct gave way amid torrential rain. The viaduct runs over shopping centres, factories, some homes, the Genoa-Milan railway line and the Polcevera river. EPA-EFE/Rescuers HANDOUT BEST QUALITY AVAILABLE * TO BE USED SOLELY TO ILLUSTRATE NEWS REPORTING OR COMMENTARY ON THE FACTS OR EVENTS DEPICTED IN THIS IMAGE * HANDOUT EDITORIAL USE ONLY/NO SALES/NO ARCHIVES

The collapsed Morandi Bridge is seen in the Italian port city of Genoa, Italy, August 14, 2018. Local Team via Reuters TV/REUTERS THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES. ITALY OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN ITALY.

Rescues work among the debris of the collapsed Morandi highway bridge in Genoa, Tuesday, Aug. 14, 2018. Italian authorities say that about 10 vehicles were involved when the raised highway collapsed during a sudden and violent storm in the northern port city of Genoa, while private broadcaster Sky TG24 said the collapsed section was about 200-meter long (650 feet). (Luca Zennaro/ANSA via AP)

A view of the collapsed Morandi highway bridge in Genoa, northern Italy, Tuesday, Aug. 14, 2018. A large section of the bridge collapsed over an industrial area in the Italian city of Genova during a sudden and violent storm, leaving vehicles crushed in rubble below. (Luca Zennaro/ANSA via AP)

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Witnesses said there were as many as 20 vehicles on the section of elevated motorway at the time it collapsed


Witnesses said there were as many as 20 vehicles on the section of elevated motorway at the time it collapsed.


Motorway bridge collapses in Genoa, Italy, killing about 30

.css-1c6uqr6{color:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-size:inherit;font-family:inherit;line-height:inherit;overflow-wrap:break-word;}Witnesses said there were as many as 20 vehicles on the section of elevated motorway at the time it collapsed

Witnesses said there were as many as 20 vehicles on the section of elevated motorway at the time it collapsed