Los Angeles Tunnel Collapse
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After an 18-foot-diameter tunnel collapsed at a work site in Wilmington, 31 people were extricated unhurt. No one was missing.
The Los Angeles Fire Department rushed to Wilmington after a tunnel collapsed and trapped at least 15 people inside. Authorities have not been able to contact the people trapped inside. The tunnel collapse appeared to damage communication lines.
The ambitious, $630 million, multiyear Clearwater Tunneling Project had made nearly flawless progress since launching in 2021, but is now stalled for an undetermined amount of time, officials said Thursday, July 10 — the day after a tunnel collapse brought everything to a halt.