"There are many deaths, many". This is what the firefighters of the 50 rescue vehicles that have finished with the extraction of dead bodies after the road tragedy that happened yesterday evening in Venice reported yesterday evening.
At 19.30, a bus carrying tourists fell from the Vempa i Rizzardi flyover in Mestre, Venice. According to the prefecture, the provisional number of the tragedy is 21 dead, 12 injured and some missing.
On board the bus was a group of Eastern European tourists who were returning to Marghera after being in Venice.
The accident vehicle, after touching the electricity wires and flying about 10 meters, caught fire from the collision.
Venice mayor Luigi Brugnaro said: "A great tragedy, the city is in mourning."
The words of the firefighters were even more dramatic: "There are many deaths, many".
The bus was full of tourists, there was mainly a group of Ukrainians on board: according to the prefecture, among the 21 dead are two children and a teenager.
The fact that there are also 5 missing people is cause for concern. While 15 others have been sent to hospitals with wounds of various degrees.