Former Italian motorway chief sentenced over bridge collapse

Author: aljazeera.comPublished on: July 16, 2026Country: Italy

Crime & Law

Former Italian motorway chief sentenced over bridge collapse

The former CEO of Italy's main highway operator, Giovanni Castellucci, has been given 12 years in prison over the collapse of a motorway bridge in Genoa that killed 43 people in 2018. Families say the verdict confirmed the disaster was preventable.

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