An Italian A court on Thursday sentenced the former head of the Autostrade per l’Italia car company to 12 years in prison for his role in the deadly bridge disaster eight years ago.
Giovanni Castellucci was found guilty of vehicular manslaughter and negligence in connection with the collapse of a bridge in Genoa that killed 43 people in one of the country’s worst infrastructure disasters.
The courtroom was packed with relatives of those who fell to their deaths when the Morandi Bridge – part of the highway connecting France and Italy – was washed away by heavy rain on August 14, 2018.
Thursday’s decision comes after four years of trial for 57 defendants facing charges of manslaughter, endangering the safety of transportation and forging official documents.
The prosecution asked for prison terms of up to more than 400 years in total, including 18 years for Castellucci.
