The Latest : Italy authorities raise bridge death toll to 42

AUG, 14, 2018 12:30 HRS UTC | GENOA, ITALY

MILAN (AP) — The Latest update on the collapse of a bridge in Italy.

Italian authorities from the region of Liguria have raised to 26 the number of dead in the collapse of a highway bridge in the port city of Genoa.

The region’s updated the death toll late Tuesday on its Twitter feed, saying two more bodies had been extracted and one person had died in surgery. That brings to 15 the number of injured. The city of Genoa’s civil protection office confirmed the updated death toll.

The Italian Premier Giuseppe Conte visited the city and called the collapse “a serious wound for Genoa, Liguria and Italy.”

Latest Update on 18, Aug : Rescue crews found four more bodies today in the rubble of the Genoa bridge collapse, raising the death toll to 42, Italian media reported

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