Italy: Vigil held on second anniversary of bridge collapse

Residents in Italian city of Gea joined families of victims of Morandi bridge collapse in a candle light vigil on Friday evening to mark second anniversary of disaster.

Three marches departed from three neighbourhoods most affected by collapse and converged into "Clearing of Memory", a circle of 43 individual trees symbolizing those who lost ir lives in trdy.

site was inaugurated earlier in day in an official ceremony attended by Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte, who said he shared families' quest for justice.

Mimma Certo's home used to stand right where clearing is w.

She'd lived re since early 1960s, before Morandi Bridge was even built.

Its collapse forced Certo and her sister away from ir home, which was later demolished along with ors nearby.

" clearing tonight is a wonderful gift, because to find all se people again, and see shows of trees and people projected onto wall that once circumscribed our gardens, it seems to me something alive, beautiful," she said.

disaster happened when a stretch of Morandi Bridge suddenly gave way in a violent rainstorm, sending vehicles plunging to dry riverbed below.

w, two years on, it's been replaced by a new structure called St George's Bridge.

families of victims are upset that company which maintained old bridge will still run new one for a while longer, even though poor maintenance is being investigated as a possible cause of collapse.