Genoa bridge collapse – 11 dead including one kid in Italy

17:08, 14.08.2018

Eleven people including one child are reported to have died today after a major tourist motorway bridge collapsed during a “violent” lightning storm in Italy. Firefighters say cars and trucks plunged more than 150ft after a section of the A10 motorway suddenly fell away onto a heavily-populated district below.

The head of the local ambulance service reportedly said there were “dozens of dead” following the tragedy at 11.30am local time, The Sun reports.

Within two hours of the tragedy there were already at least 11 confirmed deaths and many more seriously injured.

Photographs show a 200-metre section of the motorway near the port city of Genoa had collapsed and now rescue crews are working to free survivors trapped in the rubble below.

Dog and sonar teams have joined emergency crews at the scene on and below the busy Morandi bridge, which is near the city’s airport.

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