Canada PM Justin Trudeau condoles deaths in Italy bridge collapse
Ottawa, Aug 14 (IBNS): Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau condoled the deaths of 20 people who were killed in the collapse of an Italian bridge on Tuesday.
A motorway bridge collapsed near the Italian city of Genoa.
Trudeau tweeted, "The pictures from Genoa are heartbreaking. Canada extends its deepest condolences to the friends and loved ones of those killed in today’s bridge collapse, and we wish a full recovery to the injured."
The pictures from Genoa are heartbreaking. Canada extends its deepest condolences to the friends and loved ones of those killed in today’s bridge collapse, and we wish a full recovery to the injured.
— Justin Trudeau (@JustinTrudeau) August 14, 2018
The police linked the disaster to what they called a violent cloudburst, reported the British media.
Several crushed vehicles are under the rubble with dead people inside and two people were pulled out alive, rescue sources told Italy's ANSA news agency.
Some lorries ended up in the Polvecera river, Carabinieri police sources told the agency.
A CTV News report said two Canadian student travellers narrowly escaped the accident.
Tamar Bresge (23) and Melissa Light (22), the two Toronto women, were travelling on a train which was just away from the bridge minutes before the collapse.
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