Italy: 11 killed in a bridge collapse

ANI  |  Genoa [Italy] 

At least 11 people were killed after a highway bridge collapsed in Genoa, following a violent storm.

quoted the Italian News Agency ANSA citing as saying that one child was among the 11 dead and around five other people were injured.

Talking to media, Italian said that this bridge collapse is likely to be "an enormous tragedy."

The cause of the incident is still unclear; however, the authorities suspect the structural weakness as the reason behind the collapse.

Authorities also speculated that the cause of the collapse might be the unusually high traffic on the bridge.

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First Published: Tue, August 14 2018. 20:40 IST