Rescuers searched mountains of rubble for victims of a bridge collapse in Genoa as the toll rose to 39 on Wednesday and Italy’s government blamed the company in charge of motorways for the
disaster.
A vast span of the Morandi bridge caved in during a heavy rainstorm on Tuesday, sending about 35 cars and several trucks plunging 45 metres onto the railway tracks below.
At least 39 people are known to have died and 15 injured.