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Title: Genoa motorway collapse kills at least 22
Post by: Pete Dero on August 14, 2018, 09:48:20 AM
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-45183624

A motorway bridge has collapsed in the northwest Italian city of Genoa, sending vehicles plummeting up to 90m (295ft) to the ground and killing at least 22 people, officials say.
Video footage appears to show one of the towers holding up the suspension bridge collapsing in stormy weather.
Vehicles fell along with bridge debris on to rail tracks and a warehouse.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/huge-section-of-highway-bridge-collapses-in-genoa-italy?ref=home
Title: Re: Genoa motorway collapse kills at least 22
Post by: DoctorQuest on August 14, 2018, 04:17:17 PM
I saw this earlier this morning. Tragic. Prayers to all involved.
Title: Re: Genoa motorway collapse kills at least 22
Post by: Gusington on August 14, 2018, 05:53:44 PM
Horrendous. I've read at CNN earlier that the death toll is 3 dozen or more.
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Post by: Sir Slash on August 14, 2018, 09:44:50 PM
Terrible indeed. Hoping the numbers are very wrong.
Title: Re: Genoa motorway collapse kills at least 22
Post by: Gusington on August 14, 2018, 09:50:37 PM
Latest has been rounded down to ~26.
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Post by: em2nought on August 15, 2018, 12:02:43 AM
Seeing what a patchwork of "fixes" that the Sunshine Skyway is, I think about collapse every time I cross it.  There are no good allowable terms for shoddy engineering anymore.