The bridge from which a bus fell in Venice must be renovated, according to Italian media

The bridge of Venice where a bus crashed on Tuesday night, killing 21 people, was in poor condition and had been in need of renovation for years, including to fill a “gap” in the safety railing, Italian media reported on Thursday.

In 2016, a rehabilitation project was launched for the bridge, built around fifty years ago, but work only began in September and had not yet reached the section of the bridge where the tragedy occurred, he explained. Renato Borasoresponsible for transport at the municipality of Venice.

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The electric bus, which was transporting around forty foreign tourists from the historic center back to their campsite, collided with the safety fence, rolled a few meters and went through a 1.5 meter “hole”, according to media reconstructions.

It then collided with a second barrier before falling ten meters below, near a railway line, according to the same sources.

The precise circumstances of the accident are still unknown, although at this time the hypothesis that the driver passed out or had a health problem is favored.

“Two meters without a barrier, that’s how the bus fell”the newspaper summarized Il Corriere della Serawhile La Stampa reported “the security bars scandal”.

“These barriers do not comply with current legislation, but they did when they were designed. “The gaps had to be filled next year with the works already decided.”Boraso defended himself to the press.

“Our services have been repairing this section since 2016”he said, adding that “You cannot award works worth seven million euros without putting them out to tender”.

“Let’s ask ourselves why in Italy a procedure to carry out a project takes so long”concluded.

The accident left 21 dead and 15 injured, five of them seriously.

In addition to the Italian pilot, 9 Ukrainians, 4 Romanians, 3 Germans, 2 Portuguese, 1 Croatian and 1 South African died.

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Source: Elcomercio

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