Italian PM orders review of outdated bridges after Genoa bridge collapse

THE driver of a green lorry left precariously close to the edge told
 Italian media how he had escaped the “hell” of the Genoa bridge
 collapse.

“It was raining very hard and it wasn’t possible to go very fast,”
 he told the Corriere della Sera daily.

“When a car overtook me I slowed down ... (then) at a certain 
moment everything shook. The car in front of me disappeared 
and seemed to be swallowed up by the clouds. I looked up and 
saw the bridge pylon fall,” he said.

“Instinctively, finding myself in front of the void, I put the van
 into reverse, to escape this hell,” he added.

Authorities continue to search the rubble for survivors.
 Picture: Getty ImagesSource:Getty Images

Firefighters rescue a person from the rubble of the collapsed Morandi
 highway bridge.Source:AP

The Morandi motorway bridge before the tragic collapse.Source:AFP

Stella Boccia, 24, was returning from vacation. Picture: FacebookSource:Supplied

Rescuers and security forces remove a victim from the site.Source:AFP

French tourists Nathan Gusman, 20, and Melissa Artus, 22, died in the
 Morandi bridge collapse. Picture: Facebook.Source:Supplied

Marius Djerri, 22, a football player from Albania, died. 

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Edy Bokrina died
 Picture: FacebookSource:Supplied