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Genoa bridge collapse trial highlights Italy's ageing infrastructure issue

An Italian court sentenced 32 defendants for their role in a deadly bridge disaster eight years ago that killed 43 people in Genoa. One of the accused was Autostrade's former chief executive, Giovanni Castellucci, was found guilty of vehicular...

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Genoa bridge collapse trial highlights Italy's ageing infrastructure issue
Source: France 24
An Italian court sentenced 32 defendants for their role in a deadly bridge disaster eight years ago that killed 43 people in Genoa. One of the accused was Autostrade's former chief executive, Giovanni Castellucci, was found guilty of vehicular homicide and negligence and was sentenced to twelve years in prison. Besides Castellucci, the former head of Spea, the engineering company in charge of the renovations, as well as officials from the infrastructure ministry were on trial as well. FRANCE 24's Seema Gupta tells us more on the trial.

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