Four years after the Morandi bridge collapsed in torrential rains, the disaster trial opens under high tension in Genoa, Italy, this Thursday, July 7.
An extraordinary event, with 59 defendants in the dock and more than 350 civil parties, which plunges the families of the victims and the survivors back into this tragic day of August 14, 2018. “I felt lifted in the air, then I fell with the whole bridge.
The front of my car was pointing downwards: at that moment, I thought I was going to die, ”recalls Davide Capello, before the start of the trial.
The 37-year-old bearded man is one of the few survivors of the tragedy.
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The collapse of the viaduct, which claimed the lives of 43 people, shone the spotlight on the poor state of transport infrastructure in Italy and the murky role of the company Autostrade per l'Italia (Aspi), accused of not having maintained the work of art, to the detriment of safety.
"It appears from the documents that the defendants knew the danger of this bridge and acted as if nothing had happened, they ignored the danger to allow someone to make a profit", insists Giorgio Robbiano, close to a victim, trusting to hope that "all the culprits will be condemned".
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