Date | 14 August 2018 |
---|---|
Time | 11:36 local time (09:36 UTC) |
Location | Genoa, Liguria, Italy |
Coordinates | 44°25′33″N 08°53′20″E / 44.42583°N 8.88889°E |
Type | Bridge collapse |
Cause | Cable stay corrosion (Official cause still under investigation) |
Deaths | 43 dead |
Non-fatal injuries | 16 injured[1] |
On 14 August 2018, around 11:36 local time (09:36 UTC) a section of the Ponte Morandi (English: Morandi Bridge) in Genoa, Liguria, Italy, collapsed during a rainstorm, killing forty-three people. The remains were demolished in June 2019. The replacement bridge, the Genoa-Saint George Bridge was inaugurated a year later.[2]
casualties
was invoked but never defined (see the help page).