A picture taken on August 14, 2018 shows vehicles standing on a part of a giant motorway bridge after a section collapsed earlier in Genoa. At least 22 people were killed on August 14 when the giant motorway bridge collapsed, with several more feared dead in what Italy’s transport minister described as an “immense tragedy”. The collapse, which saw a vast stretch of the A10 freeway tumble on to railway lines in the northern port city, was the deadliest bridge failure in Italy for years, and the country’s deputy transport minister warned the death toll could climb further.
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A picture taken on August 14, 2018 shows vehicles standing on a part of a giant motorway bridge after a section collapsed earlier in Genoa. ANDREA LEONI / AFP
The death toll from the Italian bridge collapse has risen to 30, Interior Minister Matteo Salvini confirmed on Tuesday.
What may be described as an immense tragedy occurred in the Italian city of Genoa when a giant motorway bridge collapsed with more feared dead.
The collapse, which saw a vast stretch of the A10 freeway tumble on to railway lines in the northern port city, came as the bridge was undergoing maintenance work, and the country’s deputy transport minister warned the death toll could climb further.
“Unfortunately I can confirm that 22 are dead, and it’s a number that’s likely to rise,” Edoardo Rixi told Italian television.
Rescuers scouring through the wreckage, strewn among shrubland and train tracks, said there were “dozens” of victims, while images from the scene showed an entire carriageway plunged to the ground.
Cars and trucks were tangled in the rubble and nearby buildings damaged by vast chunks of concrete, according to an AFP photographer at the scene.
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Rescuers are at work amid the rubble of a section of a giant motorway bridge that collapsed earlier, on August 14, 2018 in Genoa. ANDREA LEONI / AFPRescuers are at work amid the rubble of a section of a giant motorway bridge that collapsed earlier, on August 14, 2018 in Genoa. ANDREA LEONI / AFP
A helicopter of the Vigili del Fuoco, the Italian fire and rescue service, flies over the site as rescuers are at work amid the rubble and wreckage of the Morandi motorway bridge after a section collapsed earlier in Genoa on August 14, 2018. ANDREA LEONI / AFP
A helicopter of the Vigili del Fuoco, the Italian fire and rescue service, flies over the site as rescuers are at work amid the rubble and wreckage of the Morandi motorway bridge after a section collapsed earlier in Genoa on August 14, 2018. ANDREA LEONI / AFPA picture taken on August 14, 2018 shows vehicles standing on a part of a giant motorway bridge after a section collapsed earlier in Genoa. ANDREA LEONI / AFPRescuers scour through the rubble and wreckage after a giant motorway bridge collapsed earlier in Genoa on August 14, 2018. ANDREA LEONI / AFPA picture taken on August 14, 2018 in Genoa shows a section of a giant motorway bridge that collapsed earlier injuring several people. ANDREA LEONI / AFP
