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At least 25 dead after cars plunge off collapsed bridge in Italy
A section of a towering highway bridge collapsed in Italy Tuesday, sending vehicles plunging nearly 300 feet to the ground and killing at least 25 people, officials said.
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The collapse of the Morandi Bridge in Genoa occurred during strong storms moving through the area of northwest Italy, according to authorities.
At least 30 vehicles were on the bridge in a port section of the city when the span gave way, Amalia Tedeschi, a firefighter, told the Italian news agency ANSA. Two people were pulled from the rubble alive and taken to a hospital by helicopter, Tedeschi added.
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Construction involving a crane was occurring on the bridge at the time of the collapse but it was too early to pinpoint what caused the span to fail, Italian authorities said.
At least 25 people were killed, including a child, according to Genoa Mayor Marco Bucci. Another 13 people were injured in the catastrophe, Angelo Borelli, head of Italy's civil protection agency, said at a news conference.
All the casualties appeared to have been in vehicles that plummeted from the bridge, Borelli said, adding that the bridge fell on two warehouses but no one is believed to have been inside them because they were closed for the summer holiday.
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Borelli said 30 to 35 vehicles, including three heavy trucks, were on the bridge at the time of the collapse.
Danilo Toninelli, Italy's transport minister, described the collapse as "an enormous tragedy."
Several witnesses posted videos of the collapse on social media. In one video, someone can be heard screaming, "Oh, God" and a flash could be seen as the concrete structure crumbled.
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Witness Alessandro Megna told RAI state radio that he had been stuck in a traffic jam under the bridge when the collapse occurred.
"Suddenly the bridge came down with everything it was carrying. It was really an apocalyptic scene. I couldn't believe my eyes," Megna said.
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Another witness, Davide Ricci, told reporters at the scene that he was lucky to be alive.
"The debris from the collapse came to within 20 meters [about 20 yards] of my car," said Ricci, who saw the bridge go down while he was driving. "First the central pylon crumbled, then the whole thing came down."
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The driver of a box truck slammed on his brakes as the bridge fell apart, stopping just before plummeting off the edge of the broken span, the general manager of the Basko supermarket chain for which he works told reporters.
Video showed the truck still perched just feet from where the bridge gave way hours after the collapse.
The collapse happened on part of the viaduct on the A10 highway that crosses the Polcevera River, the country's national police, Polizia di Stato, said.
Witnesses said the bridge toppled after it was struck by lightning.
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The A10 highway, the main route between northern Italy and France, was closed in both directions as search-and-rescue teams looked for survivors.
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Italian Interior Minister Matteo Salvini said about 200 firefighters were on scene searching for survivors.
Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte was traveling to the scene, officials said.
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The Morandi Bridge, which opened in 1967, is about a half-mile long.
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