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Italian court sentences ex-highway chief to 12 years’ jail over Genoa bridge disaster

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Italian court sentences ex-highway chief to 12 years’ jail over Genoa bridge disaster

An Italian court on Thursday sentenced the former head of motorway operator Autostrade per l’Italia to 12 years for his role in a deadly bridge disaster eight years ago. Giovanni Castellucci was found guilty of vehicle homicide and negligence related to the collapse of the bridge in Genoa that killed 43 people in one o

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An Italian court on Thursday sentenced the former head of motorway operator Autostrade per l’Italia to 12 years for his role in a deadly bridge disaster eight years ago. Giovanni Castellucci was found guilty of vehicle homicide and negligence related to the collapse of the bridge in Genoa that killed 43 people in one o

An Italian court has found 32 defendants guilty over the deadly Genoa bridge collapse in 2018. Forty-three people ‌died when their vehicles plunged from the flyover in the port city. An Italian court on Thursday sentenced the former head of motorway operator Autostrade per l’Italia to 12 years for his role in a deadly bridge disaster eight years ago.

France 24 English reported the story as "Dozens found guilty in Genoa's deadly bridge collapse." South China Morning Post reported the story as "Italian court sentences ex-highway chief to 12 years’ jail over Genoa bridge disaster."

2 sources have covered this story, including South China Morning Post and France 24 English. The earliest reporting in the cluster landed about 6 hours ago.

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