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That kind of weight would have crushed a Hummer
Posted by Raven on July 11th, 2006
I KNEW something like this would happen.
A 10-by-30-foot section of concrete plummeted from the ceiling of a Mass Pike connector tunnel onto the roof of a Honda sedan last night, killing a woman riding in the passenger seat but leaving the male driver “virtually unharmed,” a state trooper at the scene said.
I can imagine what this scene could have been like, had it occurred during a traffic hour. These tunnels have been leaking and crumbling for a long time now.
“It was massive,” the trooper said of the concrete slab that fell about 11 p.m.
The startling collapse forced the state troopers to immediately close the tunnel lest more concrete rain down on drivers.
Who is going to determine the safety? Of all the tunnels?
A state trooper who saw the wreckage said it appeared the concrete fell at an angle as the car passed beneath it, crushing the vehicle, with most of the rubble landing on the passenger side. The driver’s side was partially shielded when the falling slab struck a raised gated walkway that runs the length of the tunnel, giving the driver a small pocket of protection.
“The car was completely crushed. That kind of weight would have crushed a Hummer – it’s amazing that guy got out alive,” said a second trooper who saw the debris field.
He said the 10-by-30 section that dropped was only half of the slab in that section of the tunnel. He said it appeared that iron securing the slab to the tunnel roof gave way. He said Modern Continental work crews had been in that section of the tunnel in recent weeks but he did not know what sort of work they were doing.
Damn I sure hope it isn’t disclosed that ILLEGALS were a part of this work crew. The iron gave way? Was it rusted due to water leaks? Who knows.
July 11th, 2006 at 11:38 am
How Horrific! Prayers to the passenger loved ones and may the driver come to terms with her death.
July 12th, 2006 at 9:46 pm
It’s a political mess. Everyone is blaming everyone else. In the end, the mindless situation will be found to full of fraud, poor UNION workmanship, lack of supervision, lack of anything. All at our taxpaying expense of course.