Italy bridge trial to start 4 years after tragedy
France24 says THE TRIAL IN THE case of the Genoa bridge that collapsed in 2018, killing 43 people, opens Thursday in Italy, involving 59 defendants prosecuted for manslaughter and undermining transport safety.
The Morandi bridge, part of a key highway between Italy and France, gave way in torrential rain on August 14 four years ago, sending dozens of vehicles and their passengers tumbling into the abyss
The tragedy shone a spotlight on the state of Italy’s transport infrastructure. Autostrade per l’Italia (ASPI), which runs almost half of the country’s motorway network, is accused of failing to maintain the bridge that was inaugurated in 1967.
For one of the prosecutors, Walter Cotugno, “the Morandi bridge was a time bomb”.
“You could hear the ticking, but you didn’t know when it was going to explode,” he said in February.
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https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20220707-italy-bridge-trial-to-start-four-years-after-tragedy
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