Davide Di Giorgio caught the moment a motorway bridge in Genoa, Italy, collapsed, killing dozens, while he was shooting a video to send to his parents. "It was like a film," he told Euronews. "I heard a big noise, and I didn't know if it was the noise of the collapse or thunder and, through the smartphone, I realized what was happening and started to scream. I didn't think it was real. It couldn't happen. I'm shocked. We are all shocked." Di Giorgio, who captured the footage from his office, can be heard in the video shouting, "Oh my God" as the bridge falls to the ground in Genoa. Italian Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini said around 30 people have died in the tragedy. One person has been rescued alive from the rubble and flown to hospital by helicopter, ANSA news agency reported. The elevated road crumbled over a river, railroad tracks and industrial buildings. The highway serves as a corridor to the Italian Riviera and to France's southern coast. Train services around Genoa have been halted. The Morandi Bridge was built over the northern Italian port city of Genoa in the 1960s and restructuring work on the structure was carried out in 2016. Davide Di Giorgio caught the moment a motorway bridge in Genoa, Italy, collapsed, killing dozens, while he was shooting a video to send to his parents. Advertisement "It was like a film," he told Euronews. "I heard a big noise, and I didn't know if it was the noise of the collapse or thunder and, through the smartphone, I realized what was happening and started to scream. I didn't think it was real. It couldn't happen. I'm shocked. We are all shocked." Di Giorgio, who captured the footage from his office, can be heard in the video shouting, "Oh my God" as the bridge falls to the ground in Genoa. Italian Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini said around 30 people have died in the tragedy. One person has been rescued alive from the rubble and flown to hospital by helicopter, ANSA news agency reported. The elevated road crumbled over a river, railroad tracks and industrial buildings. The highway serves as a corridor to the Italian Riviera and to France's southern coast. Train services around Genoa have been halted. The Morandi Bridge was built over the northern Italian port city of Genoa in the 1960s and restructuring work on the structure was carried out in 2016.<doc-sep>Genoa: Aerial footage reveals damage from bridge collapse top stories direct to your inbox SUBSCRIBE Invalid email Sign up to receive our rundown of the day'sdirect to your inbox When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Sometimes they'll include recommendations for other related newsletters or services we offer. Our Privacy Notice explains more about how we use your data, and your rights. You can unsubscribe at any time. Up to 39 people are reported to be dead after a large section of a road bridge collapsed in the northern Italian city of Genoa. The bridge in Italy collapsed on Tuesday morning, leaving vehicles crushed by tons of concrete and steel. The shocking video from the Italian fire brigade pans over the destruction as emergency crews continue to search through the rubble. The aerial footage shows fire crews search through crushed vehicles which lay on the ground amid slabs of the fractured structure of the Morandi Bridge. The size of this disaster is epochal Francesco Bermano The collapsed section had mostly fallen on rail tracks below, officials told the AFP news agency, with cars and trucks falling alongside the landslide of concrete. The cause of the collapse is not yet clear but the ANSA news agency said that structural weakness added to the collapse. There were about 30 vehicles on the bridge when a 200m (650ft) section of the Morandi Bridge collapsed during a sudden storm. The bridge, a part of the A10 motorway, is about 100 metres tall, Italian media say. Genoa: Double water spout filmed after bridge collapse More than 400 people have been forced the evacuate the area over concerns the bridge will collapse further. Francesco Bermano, head of the region's ambulance service, said: "The size of this disaster is epochal, there are dozens of deaths, including people who fell from the bridge and those who remained trapped underneath the rubble. "The firefighters and paramedics are working to pull out from the rubbles the victims, some have already been taken to various hospital in Genoa. "We have received the full support of nearby regions Lombardy and Piedmont, all their hospitals are available to us. Genoa bridge collapse: Dozens dead as bridge in Italy collapses<doc-sep>Italy’s governing populist party wrote off safety fears about the motorway bridge that collapsed on Tuesday killing dozens of people as a children’s “fairy story”, it has emerged. The Five Star Movement (M5S), which has been leading the country’s government since earlier this year, has made political capital out of opposing major construction and infrastructure projects, which often draw opposition in Italy because they can be disruptive to local residents. In 2013 a statement on the party’s website described warnings of “the imminent collapse of the Morandi Bridge” as a “favoletta”, an Italian word meaning a children’s fantasy tale or fairy story. The bridge collapsed on Tuesday killing at least 39 people and severing the country’s A10 motorway. Recommended At least 26 dead after Genoa motorway bridge collapse The statement has since been deleted from the party’s website, but a cached version is still visible online. It was drawn up in opposition to the “Gronda di Genova”, a major infrastructure project to improve the motorways in the city region that included work on the now collapsed bridge. Some architects and engineers had warned that the bridge, built by Italian civil engineer Riccardo Morandi in the 1960s, suffered from fatal design flaws; reinforcement work was carried out on it in 2016 in an attempt to shore it up. A complete rebuild was not carried out to avoid disruption, however. The statement on the M5S website accuses the regional president who backed the reinforcement work of not having read a public inquiry report into the state of the bridge, and says the party “asks ourselves what credibility those who support the great works can still have”. Italian bridge collapses: part of highway gives way in Genoa Show all 50 1 /50 Italian bridge collapses: part of highway gives way in Genoa Italian bridge collapses: part of highway gives way in Genoa Morandi bridge after it collapsed, in Genoa EPA Italian bridge collapses: part of highway gives way in Genoa A satellite image of the collapsed section of the Morandi Bridge EPA/European Space Imaging Italian bridge collapses: part of highway gives way in Genoa Rescuers inspect the rubble and wreckages AFP/Getty Images Italian bridge collapses: part of highway gives way in Genoa Night view of the Morandi bridge collapsed in Genoa EPA Italian bridge collapses: part of highway gives way in Genoa Displaced people from their homes EPA Italian bridge collapses: part of highway gives way in Genoa Rescuers work among the rubble AP Italian bridge collapses: part of highway gives way in Genoa Rescuers inspect the rubble and wreckages AFP/Getty Images Italian bridge collapses: part of highway gives way in Genoa AFP/Getty Images Italian bridge collapses: part of highway gives way in Genoa A satellite image of the collapsed section of the Morandi Bridge EPA/European Space Imaging Italian bridge collapses: part of highway gives way in Genoa People living in the buildings in the area have been evacuated EPA Italian bridge collapses: part of highway gives way in Genoa Excavators dig into the rubble at the site of the highway-bridge-collapse disaster EPA Italian bridge collapses: part of highway gives way in Genoa EPA Italian bridge collapses: part of highway gives way in Genoa A lorry stands on the edge AFP/Getty Italian bridge collapses: part of highway gives way in Genoa EPA Italian bridge collapses: part of highway gives way in Genoa AFP/Getty Italian bridge collapses: part of highway gives way in Genoa A large section of the Morandi viaduct, of which the A10 motorway runs, collapsed in Genoa Reuters Italian bridge collapses: part of highway gives way in Genoa Reuters Italian 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collapses: part of highway gives way in Genoa EPA Italian bridge collapses: part of highway gives way in Genoa AFP/Getty Italian bridge collapses: part of highway gives way in Genoa A large section of the Morandi viaduct upon which the A10 motorway runs collapsed in Genoa, Italy EPA Italian bridge collapses: part of highway gives way in Genoa Rescuers work among the debris of the collapsed Morandi highway bridge AP Italian bridge collapses: part of highway gives way in Genoa The viaduct gave way amid torrential rain EPA Italian bridge collapses: part of highway gives way in Genoa The viaduct runs over shopping centres, factories, some homes, the Genoa-Milan railway line and the Polcevera river AP Italian bridge collapses: part of highway gives way in Genoa Around 10 vehicles are involved in the collapse, rescue sources said EPA Italian bridge collapses: part of highway gives way in Genoa A view of the collapsed Morandi highway bridge ANSA via AP Italian bridge collapses: part of 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gives way in Genoa EPA Italian bridge collapses: part of highway gives way in Genoa EPA Italian bridge collapses: part of highway gives way in Genoa Vigili del Fuoco/Twitter Other infrastructure projects opposed by the M5S include a new high-speed rail line from Turin to the south France, which was also the subject of protests and which has been put under review by the incoming transport ministry and similarly described as a waste of money. Improvements to the bridge were also included by the M5S on a list of infrastructure projects which could be scrapped subject to a review of the costs and benefits. Bridges designed by the late civil engineer Mr Morandi tend to be unusual because the planner used reinforced concrete instead of steel cables for the stays of the bridge, and used relatively few cables compared to most other designs. As of Wednesday around 250 firefighters from around Italy were still searching through the rubble of the bridge for survivors, with concern that the death toll could still rise further. (Reuters) “We’re not giving up hope,” fire official Emanuele Giffi told the AFP news agency, vowing to work “around the clock until the last victim is secured”. The country’s M5S deputy prime minister, Luigi Di Maio, appeared to suggest contractors could be to blame. “Those responsible for the tragedy in Genoa have a name and a surname, and they’re called Autostrade per l’Italia. For years it’s been said that private management would be better than that of the state,” he said on social media on Wednesday.<doc-sep>
A huge highway bridge collapsed in Genoa, northern Italy, on Tuesday morning, killing at least 39 people. But some have been pulled alive from the wreckage, including one victim who was pulled from a mangled vehicle suspended high above the ground. The victim had been stuck in a smashed-up Iveco vehicle, likely a van, wedged between two supports of the collapsed bridge. Footage shared on social media by Italian firefighters show two men lowering the blurred-out victim to the ground, where he was stretchered away. A dramatic video from the wreckage of the devastating bridge collapse in Italy shows the moment a person was rescued from a crushed vehicle dangling above the ground Authorities confirmed on Wednesday afternoon that 39 people died when the Morandi Bridge fell apart, sending cars, concrete, and steel plummeting more than 150ft to the ground below. But some people survived the deadly collapse. Footage posted on social media by Italy's firefighting agency showed rescuers helping a person who was caught in a mangled vehicle wedged in the concrete wreckage of the bridge. The video shows rescuers lower the person to the ground with a winch then put them in a stretcher and take them away. —Vigili del Fuoco (@emergenzavvf) August 14, 2018 The caption in Italian describes it as "one of the rescues carried out by the teams of fire fighters." The video blurs the person being rescued. The service does not identify them, and it isn't clear precisely what their condition is. Rescuers searched through tons of concrete and steel after a section that was about 80 meters (262 feet) long and 50 meters (164 feet) above the ground. The bridge crossed over railway tracks and some buildings as well as a small river. An investigation is underway to find out why the bridge collapsed. It was constructed in 1967 and renovated in 2016. The director of the motorway operator Austrade for Genoa said on Tuesday evening that it was too soon to determine the cause. "The collapse was unexpected and unpredictable. The bridge was constantly monitored, even more than was foreseen by the law," Stefano Marigliani, Austrade director for the Genoa area, told Reuters. "There was no reason to consider the bridge dangerous," he added. Startling photos of the scene show a large portion of the bridge missing. The bridge, part of the A10 highway, suddenly collapsed on Tuesday with cars on top. Paolo Rattini/Getty Cars were on the bridge when it collapsed, and people in the buildings underneath were also affected. The Morandi bridge before and after the collapse. Twitter/Google Maps/Business Insider Italy's transport minister Danilo Toninelli said the collapse was "unacceptable," and that if negligence played a role, "whoever made a mistake must pay," the Associated Press reported.