Italian officials handed jail terms for Genoa bridge disaster that killed 43

The ex-head of Italy's motorway operator Giovanni Castellucci was handed a 12-year term over the 2018 bridge collapse.

Highway Executive Given 12-Year Sentence Over Deadly Bridge Collapse in Italy

Giovanni Castellucci oversaw a company that managed the Morandi Bridge in Genoa when it fell down in 2018, killing 43 people.

By Elisabetta Povoledo

Ex-motorway boss handed 12-year prison term over Genoa bridge disaster

Former chief executive of Autostrade per l’Italia convicted for his role in 2018 tragedy in north-west Italy

Former boss of Italian motorways sentenced to 12 years over Genoa bridge tragedy

Giovanni Castellucci among 32 people convicted over the 2018 Morandi Bridge collapse, which killed 43 Thirty-two people, including the former chief executive of Italy’s motorway operator, have been convicted over the 2018 collapse of a Genoa bridge in which 43 people died. In a hushed courtroom on Thursday in the north-western Italian city, Giovanni Castellucci, former boss of Autostrade per l’Italia, was sentenced to 12 years in prison, the highest in the case. Continue reading...

By Lorenzo Tondo in Palermo and agencies

Former Italian motorway chief sentenced over bridge collapse

The former CEO of Italy’s main highway operator has been given 12 years in prison.

Italy: Ex-highway head sentenced to 12 years for deadly bridge collapse

The collapse of the Morandi bridge in Genoa in 2018 killed 43. The court found the former Italian highway CEO guilty of neglecting maintenance despite prior warnings and sentenced him to 12 years in prison.

Italian court sentences ex-highway chief to 12 years’ jail over Genoa bridge disaster

An Italian court on Thursday sentenced the former head of motorway operator Autostrade per l’Italia to 12 years for his role in a deadly bridge disaster eight years ago. Giovanni Castellucci was found guilty of vehicle homicide and negligence related to the collapse of the bridge in Genoa that killed 43 people in one of the country’s worst infrastructure disasters. The courtroom was packed with relatives of those who plunged to their deaths when the Morandi Bridge – part of a key highway...

By Agence France-Presse

Genoa bridge collapse trial highlights Italy's ageing infrastructure issue

An Italian court sentenced 32 defendants for their role in a deadly bridge disaster eight years ago that killed 43 people in Genoa. One of the accused was Autostrade's former chief executive, Giovanni Castellucci, was found guilty of vehicular homicide and negligence and was sentenced to twelve years in prison. Besides Castellucci, the former head of Spea, the engineering company in charge of the renovations, as well as officials from the infrastructure ministry were on trial as well. FRANCE ...

By FRANCE24

30 convicted in Genoa bridge collapse after eight years

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By TOI World Desk

Former CEO jailed for role in 2018 Italian bridge tragedy

An Italian court sentenced former Atlantia CEO Giovanni Castellucci ‌to 12 ⁠years in prison over the deadly 2018 collapse of a ‌motorway bridge in the ⁠northwestern ‌port city of Genoa.

Ex ASPI CEO Castellucci gets 12 years as Morandi-bridge disaster verdicts handed down

(ANSA) - ROME, JUL 16 - Giovanni Castellucci, the former CEO of the Autostrade per l'Italia (ASPI) highways company, was given a 12-year term on Thursday as the verdicts were handed down for the 2018 Morandi-bridge-collapse disaster in Genoa in which 43 people died. Prosecutors had requested a term of 18 years, six months for Castellucci, who is already in jail as he is serving a six-year term related to a crash on the A16 highway in 2013 near to the town of Monteforte Irpino, in the province...

By ANSA

Former head of Italian road operator jailed over 2018 bridge collapse that killed 43 people

Giovanni Castellucci received a 12-year sentence.

Italian officials handed jail terms for Genoa bridge disaster that killed 43

The former head of Italy's motorway operator has been given a 12-year prison sentence over the collapse of Genoa's Morandi bridge in August 2018.

By Emmanuel Tetteh