Documentation on the poor state of the
overpass in Mestre that saw a fatal bus crash on Tuesday in
which 21 mostly young and foreign people were killed had been
with Venice prosecutors for over a year, the local Gazzettino
newspaper reported on Saturday.
The paper said the files had been acquired by the judicial
authorities following media reports on the state of the
structure and statements by the Venice city councillor for
public works, Renato Boraso, calling for urgent intervention.
It is not clear whether any further action was taken.
On Tuesday 21 people - nine Ukrainians, four Romanians, three
Germans, two Portuguese, one Croatian, one South African and the
Italian bus driver - died after a tourist bus travelling from
the centre of Venice to a camping site plunged from an overpass
above a railway line between the Venice districts of Mestre and
Marghera and burst into flames.
The reasons for the accident are unclear.
One hypothesis is that the driver, allegedly an experienced
professional, had a bad turn while at the wheel.
However, doubts have also been raised about the state of the
overpass and particularly the guardrail.
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