Speculation mounts over cause of bridge collapse in Genoa

By Will Ing2018-08-15T11:17:00

Preliminary theories include poor design, fudged maintenance and mafia cost-cutting

In Italy 39 people have died after a 200m section of a motorway bridge in Genoa collapsed, leaving cars and trucks to tumble 45m onto concrete and railroad below.

Work is still ongoing to try to find survivors in the wreckage, but rescuers say there is now little hope of finding more people alive.

The 1.2km Morandi bridge was built in 1967, but had had major repair work in the 1990s and restructuring work in 2016.

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