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Jul 16, 2026

Former Italian highway operator CEO sentenced to 12 years over 2018 Genoa bridge collapse that killed 43

An Italian court convicted 32 people, including former Autostrade CEO Giovanni Castellucci, for their roles in the 2018 Morandi Bridge collapse in Genoa that killed 43 people when the highway structure gave way and sent vehicles plunging. Twenty-five other defendants were acquitted in the trial.

Jul 16, 2026·6 sources
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  • ▪Autostrade per l’Italia and its engineering subsidiary Spea reached an out-of-court settlement with the public prosecutor's office, paying approximately 29 million to 30 million euros to the state.
  • ▪Paolo Berti, the former second-in-command at Autostrade per l’Italia, was sentenced to five years and six months in prison.
  • ▪Antonino Galatà, the former chief executive of the engineering company Spea, was sentenced to five years and six months in prison.

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