Rescuers work to recover an injured person after the Morandi highway bridge collapsed in Genoa, northern Italy, Tuesday, Aug. 14, 2018. The highway bridge collapsed during a violent storm, sending vehicles plunging 45 meters (nearly 150 feet) into a heap of rubble. Authorities said at least 20 people were killed, although some people were found alive in the debris. (Luca Zennaro/ANSA via AP)[/caption]
Italy’s leader says 22 people have been killed and 16 injured in a highway bridge collapse in Genoa and he fears that the final death toll may rise further.
Premier Giuseppe Conte travelled to the site of the disaster late Tuesday in the port city, calling it an “immense tragedy.” He told RAI state TV “it is shocking to see the twisted metal and the bridge collapsed with victims who were extracted.”
Conte also praised the hundreds of rescue workers still at the site, saying “they saved people who fell 45 metres (nearly 150 feet) and are now alive and in the hospital.”