Genoa bridge collapse leaves 11 dead and 5 critically injured after motorway destroyed in 'apocalyptic scene'

At least 11 people have died, including a child, and five critically injured after a 200-metre long section of an Italian motorway bridge collapsed.



Devastating footage shows the viaduct on the A10 motorway in Genoa falling apart this morning at around 11.30am.



Firefighters, ambulance and police are currently at the scene of the huge structure, which broke off near the city's airport.



Around ten vehicles are believed to have been on the stretch when both carriageways fell away.



Italian media report that structural breakdown started from one of the bridge's columns at Via Fillak, in the Sampierdarena area.



Firemen are working to pull "different people" out from under the wreckage after cars and trucks fell more than 300ft into a river and grassland below.