Roadbridge in north Italy collapses, two suffer minor injuries

8-4-2020 Cyprus Mail CyprusMail Cool

Roadbridge in north Italy collapses, two suffer...

A bridge on a normally busy provincial road in northern Italy collapsed on Wednesday but with virtually no traffic during the coronavirus lockdown, only two truck drivers suffered minor injuries, the fire brigade said.

A spokesman for the fire brigade said the 260 metre bridge on the SS330 road near the town of Aulla, roughly midway between Genoa and Florence, in the northern tip of Tuscany, collapsed at 10:25 a.m. (0825 GMT).

Although casualties were limited in Wednesday’s incident, the incident highlights the poor state of repair of Italy ‘s road network, after the collapse...

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Roadbridge in north Italy collapses, two suffer minor injuries

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