Around 30 people have been killed after a highway bridge collapsed near the Italian city of Genoa on August 14 2018, according to the country's deputy prime minister.
The 50-year-old bridge, part of a toll motorway linking the port city of Genoa with southern France, collapsed during torrential rain, sending dozens of vehicles crashing onto a riverbed, a railway and two warehouses.
WATCH: Firefighters rescue driver dangling from collapsed bridge
Italian firefighters carried out a dramatic rescue on August 14 2018, retrieving a man who had been caught in the mangled ruins of his car, suspended in the air after the collapse of a bridge.
Around 30 people have been killed after a highway bridge collapsed near the Italian city of Genoa on August 14 2018, according to the country's deputy prime minister.
The 50-year-old bridge, part of a toll motorway linking the port city of Genoa with southern France, collapsed during torrential rain, sending dozens of vehicles crashing onto a riverbed, a railway and two warehouses.
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