At least 11 people are reported to have been killed after a bridge collapsed in the north-western Italian city of Genoa during a storm, sending around 20 vehicles plunging 260ft into a heap of rubble below.
A firefighters’ spokeswoman said two people had been pulled alive from the rubble from the Morandi Bridge after a section collapsed onto an industrial area below.
Transport minister, Danilo Toninelli, called the collapse “an enormous tragedy”.
Broadcaster Sky TG24 said the section of the bridge collapsed over an industrial zone. Firefighters have also raised concerns about gas lines.
Video captured the sound of a man screaming: “Oh god, oh, god.” Other images showed a green truck that had stopped just yards short of the gaping hole in the bridge.
He said on Twitter: “We are following minute by minute the situation for the bridge collapse in Genoa.”
The bridge is a main thoroughfare connecting the A10 highway heading towards France and the A7 highway that continues north towards Milan.
ANSA said authorities believe a structural weakness caused the collapse.
