# Watch: What to know as Genoa bridge disaster trial ends

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/watch-what-to-know-as-genoa-bridge-disaster-trial-ends/
- Published: 2026-07-16T18:52:01+00:00
- Updated: 2026-07-25T14:15:36+00:00
- Original publisher: BBC World (publisher lean: Centre)
- Original article: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/cgewd07ee3go?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss
- Topics: Europe, World

## Key points

- Thirty-two people were convicted over Genoa’s 2018 bridge collapse.
- The disaster killed 43 people during a rainstorm.
- Former motorway chief Giovanni Castellucci received 12 years.

## Summary

A long-running criminal trial over the 2018 collapse of Genoa’s Morandi bridge has ended with 32 people found guilty, including former motorway operator chief executive Giovanni Castellucci. The verdicts mark a significant moment for victims’ families and scrutiny of Italy’s infrastructure oversight after one of the country’s deadliest recent disasters.

Forty-three people died when the motorway bridge collapsed during a rainstorm in August 2018, sending vehicles to the ground below at the height of the holiday season. Castellucci received a 12-year prison sentence and is already serving six years for a separate 2013 road disaster, while former motorway official Michele Donferri Mitelli was sentenced to 11 years.

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