Italian officials handed jail terms for Genoa bridge disaster that killed 43
Summary
Italian courts sentenced several officials from the motorway company Autostrade per l'Italia for the collapse of Genoa’s Morandi bridge in 2018, which killed 43 people. The former CEO, Giovanni Castellucci, received 12 years in prison, and other executives also got prison terms for failing to maintain the bridge.Key Facts
- The Morandi bridge collapsed in August 2018 during a rainstorm, killing 43 people.
- Giovanni Castellucci, former CEO of Autostrade per l'Italia, was sentenced to 12 years in prison.
- Castellucci is already serving six years for a different road disaster in 2013.
- Another top official, Michele Donferri Mitelli, received 11 years in prison.
- Paolo Berti, the former deputy chief of the motorway operator, got five and a half years in prison.
- A total of 57 defendants faced trial for failing to maintain the bridge.
- Prosecutors asked for a combined 400 years in prison for the accused.
- Defendants denied wrongdoing, blaming the collapse on the bridge’s original design and concrete-covered cables.
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