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Dramatic rescue video shows a victim of the Italy bridge collapse being saved from a crushed vehicle dangling above the ground

Twitter/Vigili del Fuoco/Business Insider A huge highway bridge collapsed in Genoa, northern Italy, on Tuesday morning, killing at least 35 people. But some have been pulled alive from the wreckage, including one victim who was pulled from a mangled vehicle suspended high above the ground. The victim had been stuck in a smashed-up Iveco vehicle, likely a van, wedged between two supports of the collapsed bridge. Footage shared on social media by Italian firefighters show two men lowering the blurred-out victim to the ground, where he was stretchered away. A dramatic video from the wreckage of the devastating bridge collapse in Italy shows the moment a person was rescued from a crushed vehicle dangling above the ground Authorities in Genoa, northern Italy, confirmed that 37 people died when the Morandi Bridge fell apart, sending cars, concrete and steel plummeting more than 150ft to the ground below.See the rest of the story at Business InsiderNOW WATCH: This Volkswagen is supposed to flip overSee Also:At least 37 people are dead after a huge highway bridge collapsed in Italy33-year-old firefighter and former soccer player tells the miraculous story of how his car stopped mere feet from plunging off the collapsed bridge in GenoaFrance starts new MH370 probe, after the official report failed to work out what really happened

 

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