Several people dead after highway bridge collapses in Italy

CNN ^ | August 14, 2018 | Gianluca Mezzofiore and Judith Vonberg

[C19fan]

Several people have died after a section of a highway bridge in northern Italy partially collapsed Tuesday, according to rescue sources cited by Italian news agency ANSA.

The unnamed sources told ANSA that several crushed vehicles are under the rubble with dead people inside, without providing a specific number of casualties. ANSA reports around 10 vehicles are involved after a section of the Morandi Bridge, which lies to the west of the port city of Genoa, collapsed. The incident occurred around noon (6 a.m. ET) Tuesday, Italian state police said, later posting a video on Twitter of the moment the bridge gave way. Police said that a violent storm was the cause of the collapse.

[outpostinmass2]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3679087/posts

[PAR35]

Video for those who don’t want to allow ALL cookies from the Daily Star.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hs3nvzt5qY8

Story and photos from the Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/aug/14/genoa-motorway-bridge-collapses-italy

[sodpoodle]

www.dailymail.co.uk/home/index.html THIRTY-FIVE killed, including a baby, and dozens more feared dead as 'wobbly' highway bridge collapses while cars drive across it after it was 'struck by lightning' in 'apocalyptic scene' in Genoa -------------------------------------------------------

First tine that the weather has been mentioned. We had a discussion yesterday about 'storms'. Interesting.

[minnesota_bound]

The bridge collapse in Minnesota several years ago was caused by construction as they loaded the bridge beyond capacity while fixing it and the bridge itself had a defective design and was built wrong to begin with. Trifecta.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I-35W_Mississippi_River_bridge