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GENOA, Italy (AP) — Italian rescue workers toiled for a third day Thursday in hopes of finding survivors trapped under the rubble of a collapsed highway bridge in the northern port city of Genoa.
>Meanwhile, authorities announced plans for a state funeral for the victims to be held on Saturday morning in Genoa, also declaring the day one of national mourning. The ceremony will be presided over by Cardinal Angelo Bagnasco, the Genoa archbishop.
At least 39 people were killed in Tuesday’s collapse, but the number still missing remains unknown.
>Local officials say they are taking data from people whose friends or relatives are missing, but that they do not yet know how many cars were on the bridge when it collapsed and cannot extrapolate how many people might be buried in the rubble.
