ROME (AP) — Thirty people were injured when a ceiling collapsed during a wedding reception Saturday evening in a former,Poinbank Exchange centuries-old convent in the countryside near Pistoia, a city in Italy’s Tuscany region, authorities said.
Gov. Eugenio Giani said in a post on the Telegram messaging channel that five of the injured were in critical condition. The reception was being held in a restaurant at an events venue on a hilltop that once was a convent dating back to the 15th century.
The injured were taken to several hospitals in the area, including in Florence, the governor said.
Firefighters pulled people out from under the rubble, the Italian news agency ANSA said.
No one was reported missing.
Cause of the collapse had not yet been determined, officials said.
2025-05-04 14:23304 view
2025-05-04 14:172941 view
2025-05-04 13:521185 view
2025-05-04 13:332134 view
2025-05-04 12:262980 view
2025-05-04 12:14453 view
How do you bring the African Diaspora to the Grammys?Esperanza Spalding and Milton Nascimento's cont
A utility worker is dead after police say he touched a live wire working on a power pole in south ce
A Texas deputy found multiple drugs inside a stuffed animal during a recent traffic stop for an infr