Italian bridge collapses: part of highway gives way in Genoa 1/50 Morandi bridge after it collapsed, in Genoa EPA 2/50 A satellite image of the collapsed section of the Morandi Bridge EPA/European Space Imaging 3/50 Rescuers inspect the rubble and wreckages AFP/Getty Images 4/50 Night view of the Morandi bridge collapsed in Genoa EPA 5/50 Displaced people from their homes EPA 6/50 Rescuers work among the rubble AP 7/50 Rescuers inspect the rubble and wreckages AFP/Getty Images 8/50 AFP/Getty Images 9/50 A satellite image of the collapsed section of the Morandi Bridge EPA/European Space Imaging 10/50 People living in the buildings in the area have been evacuated EPA 11/50 Excavators dig into the rubble at the site of the highway-bridge-collapse disaster EPA 12/50 EPA 13/50 A lorry stands on the edge AFP/Getty 14/50 EPA 15/50 AFP/Getty 16/50 A large section of the Morandi viaduct, of which the A10 motorway runs, collapsed in Genoa Reuters 17/50 Reuters 18/50 Rescuers at work amid the rubble EPA 19/50 Reuters 20/50 A large section of the Morandi viaduct, of which the A10 motorway runs, collapsed in Genoa AFP/Getty Images 21/50 AFP/Getty Images 22/50 AP 23/50 AFP/Getty Images 24/50 Rescue workers at the collapsed Morandi Bridge Reuters 25/50 AFP/Getty 26/50 Cars seen among the rubble Vigili Del Fuoco/AP 27/50 EPA 28/50 AFP/Getty 29/50 EPA 30/50 AFP/Getty 31/50 A large section of the Morandi viaduct upon which the A10 motorway runs collapsed in Genoa, Italy EPA 32/50 Rescuers work among the debris of the collapsed Morandi highway bridge AP 33/50 The viaduct gave way amid torrential rain EPA 34/50 The viaduct runs over shopping centres, factories, some homes, the Genoa-Milan railway line and the Polcevera river AP 35/50 Around 10 vehicles are involved in the collapse, rescue sources said EPA 36/50 A view of the collapsed Morandi highway bridge ANSA via AP 37/50 Rescue teams on the site EPA/Italian Firefighters 38/50 EPA 39/50 EPA 40/50 EPA 41/50 Rescuers at the site of the collapsed bridge EPA 42/50 EPA 43/50 Both sides of the highway fell AFP/Getty Images 44/50 EPA/Italian Firefighters 45/50 The site of a collapsed bridge EPA/Italian Firefighters 46/50 Sergio Battelli/Twitter 47/50 Rescue teams on the site EPA/Italian Firefighters 48/50 EPA 49/50 EPA 50/50 Vigili del Fuoco/Twitter 1/50 Morandi bridge after it collapsed, in Genoa EPA 2/50 A satellite image of the collapsed section of the Morandi Bridge EPA/European Space Imaging 3/50 Rescuers inspect the rubble and wreckages AFP/Getty Images 4/50 Night view of the Morandi bridge collapsed in Genoa EPA 5/50 Displaced people from their homes EPA 6/50 Rescuers work among the rubble AP 7/50 Rescuers inspect the rubble and wreckages AFP/Getty Images 8/50 AFP/Getty Images 9/50 A satellite image of the collapsed section of the Morandi Bridge EPA/European Space Imaging 10/50 People living in the buildings in the area have been evacuated EPA 11/50 Excavators dig into the rubble at the site of the highway-bridge-collapse disaster EPA 12/50 EPA 13/50 A lorry stands on the edge AFP/Getty 14/50 EPA 15/50 AFP/Getty 16/50 A large section of the Morandi viaduct, of which the A10 motorway runs, collapsed in Genoa Reuters 17/50 Reuters 18/50 Rescuers at work amid the rubble EPA 19/50 Reuters 20/50 A large section of the Morandi viaduct, of which the A10 motorway runs, collapsed in Genoa AFP/Getty Images 21/50 AFP/Getty Images 22/50 AP 23/50 AFP/Getty Images 24/50 Rescue workers at the collapsed Morandi Bridge Reuters 25/50 AFP/Getty 26/50 Cars seen among the rubble Vigili Del Fuoco/AP 27/50 EPA 28/50 AFP/Getty 29/50 EPA 30/50 AFP/Getty 31/50 A large section of the Morandi viaduct upon which the A10 motorway runs collapsed in Genoa, Italy EPA 32/50 Rescuers work among the debris of the collapsed Morandi highway bridge AP 33/50 The viaduct gave way amid torrential rain EPA 34/50 The viaduct runs over shopping centres, factories, some homes, the Genoa-Milan railway line and the Polcevera river AP 35/50 Around 10 vehicles are involved in the collapse, rescue sources said EPA 36/50 A view of the collapsed Morandi highway bridge ANSA via AP 37/50 Rescue teams on the site EPA/Italian Firefighters 38/50 EPA 39/50 EPA 40/50 EPA 41/50 Rescuers at the site of the collapsed bridge EPA 42/50 EPA 43/50 Both sides of the highway fell AFP/Getty Images 44/50 EPA/Italian Firefighters 45/50 The site of a collapsed bridge EPA/Italian Firefighters 46/50 Sergio Battelli/Twitter 47/50 Rescue teams on the site EPA/Italian Firefighters 48/50 EPA 49/50 EPA 50/50 Vigili del Fuoco/Twitter 
 
 Engineers say there have long been concerns about its unusual concrete-encased stay cables, which Morandi used in several of his bridge designs instead of the more common steel cables.  MILAN (Reuters) - Rescue workers found the bodies of three members of a family in the wreckage of Genoa’s collapsed motorway bridge early on Sunday - the last people reported missing in the disaster, bringing the death toll to 43.
– It's been nearly a week since an "apocalyptic" bridge collapse in Italy, and the death toll has climbed for perhaps the last time. Reuters reports the bodies of three family members—the last three people believed missing—were pulled from a crushed car over the weekend in the rubble of Genoa's Morandi Bridge, bringing the count of people killed in Tuesday's catastrophe to 43. Via the Washington Post, the ANSA news agency reports the family, which included a child, had been headed on vacation. Nine people remain hospitalized, four of them critically, per Genoa's prefecture. A fire brigade official says the wreckage will continue to be searched to be doubly sure there isn't anyone they missed, though rescuers believe everyone who was on the bridge has been accounted for. The BBC reports that Italian President Sergio Mattarella and Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte presided over a state funeral for nearly 20 of the victims over the weekend, though some families rejected the public overtures, either wanting to mourn privately or because they were fuming at the government for the tragedy. "We do not want farcical ceremonies," one family member told a local newspaper. "Our children are not a tool for public parades." Meanwhile, via the Independent, a 1979 report has emerged from the bridge's engineer that warned about deterioration risks. Riccardo Morandi noted the salty ocean air and pollution from a neighboring factory had led to a "well-known loss of superficial chemical resistance of the concrete," and that the bridge would need constant upkeep to get rid of rust and other vulnerabilities. The cause of the collapse is still under investigation.