BREAKING NEWS: Tunnel Collapse Kills 1, Traps 18 in Tunnel

[cali]

Source: KLAS-TV Las Vegas

LAKE MEAD, Nev. -- The National Park Service has confirmed that one person was killed and 18 other construction workers were trapped Monday when a tunnel near Lake Mead partially collapsed.

In addition, at least 25 workers were exposed to toxic gases.

The employees were working on one of the tunnels under construction by the Nevada Water Authority.

Read more: http://www.8newsnow.com/story/18760869/breaking-news-collapse-traps-18-people-in-tunnel

[Poll_Blind]

1. Damn! My thoughts are with those poor folks. That'd be a nightmare. nt

PB

[OrwellwasRight]

2. Who needs OSHA though, right?

Worker safety, worker schmafety.

Uh, how long is that RW anti-government bullshit going to last, anyway?

[Mika]

3. Another tax cut for the 1% will take care of problems like this. eom

[KansDem]

13. Sure it will! They'll use it to reinvest in America! n/t

[Poll_Blind]

4. LVRJ: One killed but no cave in, gas leak, or anyone trapped

One person killed at Lake Mead third intake construction site

Would be a bit of good news in an already tragic situation. I hope it's true.

PB

[Flaxbee]

6. in-fra-structure? Wot's dat?

I agree - it's a national safety issue and investing in infrastructure would be a huge jobs boom. But all we seem to do is repave roads, that then fall to sh*t in 2 years...

[FBaggins]

9. This is new infrastructure.

It isn't an old system falling apart.

[PavePusher]

11. Gee, maybe you could give them a few hour to get to the site.....

and actually find out what's going on?

Or (more entertaining...) you could leap to conclusions, make accusations, and rage that no-one has answers right fucking now damnit...

Omniscience... not much of it going around these days.

[spartan61]

7. Now will the rethugs believe that

we desperately need to fix our roads, tunnels, bridges, airports, etc.? They care NOTHING about America, only how much money they can get from their billionaire contributors to aid their next election. TERM LIMITS badly needed.

[Electric Monk]

8. Isn't saying "BREAKING NEWS" in the Latest Breaking News Forum totally redundant?

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=about&forum=1014

Use the published title of the story as the title of the discussion thread.

You might want to edit that before a host locks this.

[turtlerescue1]

10. This won't go well here with a few...but

Prayers for all touched by this.

[ret5hd]

12. psssst...

your persecution complex is showing.

[turtlerescue1]

14. yeah,

but Prayers to all who are involved in this disaster.