Bridge survivor search continues
Genoa – Rescue workers in Genoa toiled for a third night in the wreckage of a collapsed bridge, continuing the desperate search for people still missing after the accident, which left at least 38 people dead.
Italy’s populist government intensified its attacks on the viaduct operator amid rising anger over the tragedy and the structural problems that have dogged the decades-old Morandi bridge, which buckled without warning on Tuesday, sending about 35 cars and several trucks, along with huge chunks of concrete, plunging 45 metres onto railway tracks below.
The unstable mountains of debris made the search operation dangerous, but rescue workers said they had not given up hope.
“We are trying to find pockets in the rubble where people could be – alive or not,” said fire official Emanuele Gissi.
Between 10 and 20 people could still be missing under the huge piles of concrete.