Trial of 59 defendants over fatal collapse of Morandi Bridge in 2018 will continue in September
A trial of 59 defendants accused of manslaughter and undermining transport safety after dozens of people were killed when the Morandi Bridge in Genoa,, collapsed almost four years ago has been postponed until September after the first hearing on Thursday lasted less than two hours.
The Morandi Bridge, part of a major arterial route connecting east and west Genoa, and the Lombardy and Piedmont regions with Liguria and the French border, collapsed during a storm on 14 August 2018, sending 43 people, the youngest an eight-year-old boy, falling 45 metres to their deaths in one of the worst tragedies in modern Italian history.
The prosecution argued that many of the defendants were aware that the bridge was at risk of collapse but did nothing to prevent it from happening. “This is why 43 people died in a terrifying and absurd way,” Giovanni Paolo Accinni told reporters outside the Genoa tribunal, the LaPresse news agency reported.The remains of the structure were demolished and a new bridge, designed by the architect Renzo Piano,Relatives of the deceased, who leave flowers by the bridge on the 14th day of each month, have had a long wait for the case to reach court.
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