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09 March 2017 A bridge collapsed on the A14 motorway, at Camerano, between Loreto and Ancona South. The balance is two dead and three workers injured. The victims are Emidio Diomede, 60, and his wife Antonella Viviani, 54, overwhelmed as they traveled aboard a Nissan. The couple lived in Spinetoli (Ascoli Piceno). The injured instead were involved in the fall of some scaffolding.

Autostrade per l'Italia explained that "there was a failure of a temporary structure positioned to support the overpass, which was closed to traffic as part of the three-lane extension work on the A14 in the section between Ancora Sud and Loreto" . At the moment the affected section is closed in both directions. Firefighters and health assistance are on site, as well as Autostrade per l'Italia staff. On the spot the traffic police, the fire brigade and the 118 vehicles. The highway is closed.

The Ancona Public Prosecutor opened an investigation into the collapse, the hypothesis of a crime is, for the moment, of multiple culpable homicide. The area has been seized.

Autostrade: it was a temporary structure
Autostrade per l'Italia explains, in a statement, that the collapsed bridge along the A14 was a temporary structure positioned to support the overpass, which was closed to traffic. The collapse occurred as part of the three-lane extension work on the A14 in the section between Ancora Sud and Loreto.

Prefect: aid was immediate
"The relief efforts arrived immediately, they were immediate". The Ancona prefect, Antonio D'Acunto, made it clear.

Delrio sends ministry inspectors
The Ministry of Infrastructures and Transport is preparing the establishment of an inspection commission of experts from the department to analyze and evaluate what happened on the A14 with the collapse of the structure between Ancona South and Loreto. The nomination decree will be signed by the Minister Graziano Delrio. This was announced by a note from the ministry.

Mayor, they handed over Ascani bridge jacks, inconceivable similar jobs without closing the highway
"The workers were lifting the bridge span with jacks when the structure gave way: obviously something went wrong." This was said by the mayor of Castelfidardo (Ancona) Roberto Ascani, commenting on the collapse of a temporary bridge that took place during the construction of the third lane. Ascani then adds: "it is inconceivable to carry out works of this nature without closing the A14".

Witness: I feel miraculous
Anna Maria Mancinelli of Porto Sant'Elpidio (Fermo) feels "miraculously" traveling on the A14 motorway on a car that stopped "a hundred meters before the collapsed bridge. First we saw some cars stopped, then a crushed vehicle and we understood what had happened. I am a laywoman, but we were returning from a press conference to present the Pro Loco festival in Ancona on March 12th in Loreto, where the UNPLI banners will be blessed. is the fact that we are in the territory of Loreto make me feel like a miracle ".