Italy court convicts 32 in Genoa bridge collapse that killed 43
What's next: The first-instance ruling can be appealed twice under Italy's legal system, extending a case that has run for nearly eight years.
An Italian court convicted 32 people on Thursday over the 2018 collapse of Genoa's Morandi bridge, which killed 43 people and became one of the country's deadliest infrastructure disasters in decades. Former Autostrade per l'Italia chief Giovanni Castellucci received a 12-year prison sentence, while former top official Michele Donferri Mitelli was sentenced to 11 years. Another 25 defendants were acquitted or cleared under the statute of limitations. Prosecutors had argued that years of delayed maintenance and ignored warning signs contributed to the collapse of the 51-year-old viaduct during a summer storm. Families of victims, who packed the Genoa courtroom, called the verdict an important step toward accountability after years of investigations and hearings.