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A motorway bridge has collapsed in the northwest Italian city of Genoa and fire brigade sources said 35 people were believed killed as vehicles plummeted to the ground, British Broadcasting Corporation reported.

Dramatic video footage captured the moment of the disaster when one of the huge supporting towers crashed down during torrential rain.

Vehicles and debris fell 45m (148ft) on to rail tracks, buildings and a river.

The official death toll was given as 22 on Tuesday evening by the Governor of Liguria region, Giovanni Toti, but he warned the number would “certainly rise significantly.”

Fire brigade sources told Ansa that 35 people were dead and 12 missing.

Searches for people trapped in the rubble are expected to go into the night.

Fears that other parts of the bridge might fall had prompted the evacuation of buildings in the area, a rescuer told Italy’s Ansa news agency.

Interior Minister Matteo Salvini promised that anyone found to be responsible for the bridge collapse would be held to account.

“I have crossed that bridge hundreds of times,” he said. “Now, as an Italian citizen, I will do everything to get the names and surnames of the managers responsible, past and present, because it is unacceptable to die like that in Italy.”

A representative of the motorway’s operator, Autostrade, told Reuters there had been “no reason to consider the bridge was dangerous”.

“We saw lightning strike the bridge,” eyewitness Pietro M all’Asa, was quoted as saying by Ansa.

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This happen all over the world obviously.
RIP to the dead.

Our own natural and artificial disaster down here has been Fulani herdsmen!

hmm

Nwodosis:
Our own natural and artificial disaster down here has been Fulani herdsmen!

Their end will come soon .......pretty soon.

"Fears that other parts of the bridge might fall had prompted the evacuation of buildings in the area, a rescuer told Italy’s Ansa news agency", this is called being proactive even at worst situation... RIP to de dead

rip to the dead ones..
quark engineers and contractors everywhere...

“I have crossed that bridge hundreds of times,” he said. “Now, as an Italian citizen, I will do everything to get the names and surnames of the managers responsible, past and present, because it is unacceptable to die like that in Italy.”

Someone is about to pay for it. The Authorities are asking for the list of the managers starting from when it was built. Working country.

So bad

If you're a Nigerian between 15-29 years old, please apply for this opportunity. There are a lot of money to be won!

still ..... somebody didn't do their home work

very sad. Shows That these things can happen in the most developed countries.

Watch how it collapses here.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ywRlKqw1Xps

And believe me, they will fet to the root cause

lawalosky:
cc

of BBNaija

Only God saves, No place is save under heaven again.

Unfortunate

nero2face:
of BBNaija

good morning mate

I know if it was Nigeria, the comments would have been different. You hear things like inferior materials etc. Hypocrites everywhere.

Atleast their own is once in a while

If this happened in Nigeria, some people will have blamed buhari ..
RIP

lawalosky:

good morning mate

good morning fellow compatriot

Some people will definitely pay for that tragedy.

That’s where they place values on human lives.

“I have crossed that bridge hundreds of times,” he said. “Now, as an Italian citizen, I will do everything to get the names and surnames of the managers responsible, past and present, because it is unacceptable to die like that in Italy.”.......This is not the kind of statement one hears in Nigeria.

Segz252525:
If this happened in Nigeria, some people will have blamed buhari ..
RIP

B4 nko,

OMG. So sad.
Disaster everywhere.

Jobs will be lost
Lawsuits will be filed
Arrests will be made.

In Nigeria, "let's leave matter to God"

This is a sad news

post=70286027:
This happen all over the world obviously.
RIP to the dead.

it seems dis is all u do fr a living only commenting on threads here and there.get a life

What a tragic incident. I trust Julius Berger our bridges will last 100yrs. But these new chinese companies building everywhere I doubt their competency.

As cool as ice.