A steel tieback that held the 40-foot ceiling section in place over Interstate 90 eastbound gave way, Authority Chairman Matthew Amorello said. Milena Delvalle, 38, of Jamaica Plain, was pronounced dead at the scene.The Central Arterial Tunnel, aka the Big Dig, cost $14.6 billion dollars and continues to cost taxpayers not only in their wallets, but with their lives. There are ongoing legal battles over shoddy workmanship and water problems throughout the tunnel system.
In the immediate aftermath, large slabs sloped down the tunnel wall and across a lane of the roadway.
"There was a snapping sound heard," Amorello said at an early morning news conference Tuesday. "One of the tile panels from the roof released. It caused a series of panels to be released."
Amorello ordered both sides of the highway section closed for immediate inspections of similar panels. He called in a team from the Federal Highway Administration to assist.
UPDATE:
Who's writing the headlines at the NYT?
Woman Killed in Boston Big Dig Tunnel Fall
Tunnel Fall? That makes it sound like the woman fell in the tunnel. The frickin' tunnel collapsed on this woman's vehicle as she was driving through the tunnel. And people wonder why the media is held is such low regard. Perhaps the inability to describe basic facts and convey stories accurately might have something to do with the problem. That goes for headlines as well as the bodies of the articles run by the Times and other media outlets.
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