10 images of 'apocalyptic' Genoa Bridge collapse
'Dozens' feared dead As cars And trucks plunge 300ft.
A bridge on a main highway between Italy and France collapsed Tuesday in the Italian city of Genoa during a sudden, violent storm, sending vehicles plunging 80 meters (262 feet) into a heap of rubble below.
Amalia Tedeschi, a firefighter, told RAI state TV that some 20 vehicles had been involved in the collapse. She said two people had been pulled alive from vehicles in the rubble that fell into an industrial area below the bridge and were being transported by helicopter to a hospital.
Italian media reported deaths in the tragedy, but Maria Luisa Catalano, a police official in Genoa, said authorities were focused on rescue efforts and did not yet know the number of victims or injured.

The private broadcaster Sky TG24 said a 200-meter (over 650-foot) section of the Morandi Bridge collapsed over an industrial zone. Firefighters told The Associated Press they were worried about gas lines exploding in the area from the collapse.
Photos published by ANSA on its website showed a huge gulf between two sections of the bridge.
Video captured the sound of a man screaming: "Oh God! Oh, God!" Other images showed a green truck that had stopped just short of the gaping hole in the bridge. The tires of a tractor trailer could be seen in the rubble.
Italy's transport minister, Danilo Toninelli, called the collapse "an enormous tragedy."
According to the MailOnline one witness described the carnage as an "apocalyptic scene."
Interior Minister Matteo Salvini said some 200 firefighters were responding to the accident.
"We are following minute by minute the situation of the bridge collapse in Genoa," Salvini said on Twitter.

The disaster occurred on a highway that connects Italy to France and other vacation resorts on the eve of a major Italian holiday on Wednesday, Ferragosto. Traffic would have been heavier than usual as many Italians traveled to beaches or mountains.
The Morandi Bridge is a main thoroughfare connecting the A10 highway that goes toward France and the A7 highway that continues north toward Milan. Inaugurated in 1967, it is 90 meters (295 feet) high, just over a kilometer (.6 miles) long, with the longest section between supports measuring 200 meters (over 650 feet).
ANSA said authorities suspected that a structural weakness caused the collapse on Tuesday.
OMG. An aeral view of the tragedy in #Genoa, where a major motorway bridge has collapsed. This is appalling. #Italy
— Antonello Guerrera (@antoguerrera) August 14, 2018
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Update: Some 20 vehicles plunge 260 feet when a bridge collapses during a severe storm in the Italian city of Genoa. https://t.co/B0Nc2J2jqE pic.twitter.com/1GTPq4gO6R
— Star Tribune (@StarTribune) August 14, 2018
Several people are reported dead after a highway bridge collapses during violent weather in Genoa, Italy. Follow live updates: https://t.co/NG1K8hTRen pic.twitter.com/Hpp5VGckqw
— CNN Breaking News (@cnnbrk) August 14, 2018
'Dozens dead' as major road bridge collapses in Genoa https://t.co/Vo4DTckt44 pic.twitter.com/Evn5A3OOSj
— Blacklisted News (@BlacklistedNews) August 14, 2018
BREAKING: Bridge collapse kills at least 11 in Genoa, Italy. ð¥ pic.twitter.com/fFGfoopRx6
— 101.1 More FM (@101morefm) August 14, 2018
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#Genoa At least 11 people were confirmed dead and 12 injured, the ANSA news agency reported, citing the Italian interior ministry #BridgeCollapse #bridge #genoabridge #italy #Autostrada #E80 #A10 pic.twitter.com/omw1uuL0Oi
— Musafir Namah (@MusafirNamah) August 14, 2018
This an architectural masterpiece gone wrong for the collapsed motorway in Genoa, Italy was suspended above residential apartments pic.twitter.com/43HNFScOuT
— Mwangi J⢠(@MwangiJmacs) August 14, 2018
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