意大利熱那亞橋樑坍塌造成至少26人喪生

Italian authorites say as many as 35 people were killed when a bridge carrying vehicles partially collapsed in the northern port city of Genoa Tuesday during an intense storm.

"It's not acceptable that such an important bridge ... was not built to avoid this kind of collapse," Deputy Transport Minister Edoardo Rixi said in an interview with SkyNews24.

Transport Minister Danilo Toninelli said he was "following with great apprehension what seems like an immense tragedy."

An eyewitness told Sky Italia television he saw "eight or nine" vehicles on the bridge when it crumbled in what he described as an "apocalyptic scene."

ANSA news agency published photos showing a gaping hole in the bridge, which collapsed over a river, railroad tracks and buildings.

Fire department official Amalia Tedeschi, an official with the firefighters, said the hole was about 80 meters in length.

Tedeschi told RAI state TV two people had been rescued from vehicles with injuries and rescue dogs are searching through the rubble for more survivors. She also said heavy equipment was enroute to lift pieces of the bridge.

ANSA reported authorities suspect structure weakness caused the collapse of the bridge, which was built in the 1960's and underwent renovation in 2016.

The bridge is a major thoroughfare that links the Italian Riviera to France's southern coast.意大利當局表示，週二，北部港口城市熱那亞的一座公路橋在暴風雨中部分倒塌，造成至少35人死亡。

交通部副部長愛德華多·瑞希在接受天空新聞臺（SkyNews24）採訪時說：“這樣一座重要的橋樑竟然會這樣坍塌，這是不可接受的。”

交通部長達尼洛·託尼內利說：“這似乎是一場慘重的悲劇，“他在非常不安地關注事態的發展。

一名目擊者告訴意大利星空電視臺，橋樑坍塌時，他看到橋上有“8或9”輛轎車，他將其稱之爲“世界末日的場景”。

安莎通訊社發佈的照片顯示，這座橋上有一個大裂口，這個裂口致使橋樑坍塌在河流、鐵軌和建築物上。

消防部門的官員阿瑪莉亞·泰得奇說，這個裂口長約80米。

泰得奇告訴意大利廣播電視公司國家電視臺，兩名受傷人員從車輛中被救出，搜救犬正在廢墟中尋找更多的倖存者。她還說重型設備在趕來，挪走橋樑的斷裂部分。

安莎通訊社訊報道說，意大利當局懷疑是橋樑結構脆弱導致橋樑坍塌，該橋樑建於1960年代，並於2016年進行了翻修。

這座橋是連接意大利裏維埃拉地區和法國南部海岸的主要通道。