New video shows water gushing into the Queens-Midtown Tunnel earlier in the week after a hole was mistakenly drilled into it by a subcontractor, and now there…
New video shows water gushing into the Queens -Midtown Tunnel earlier in the week after a hole was mistakenly drilled into it by a subcontractor, and now there is a better sense of what led up to the incident that halted snarled commutes for hours.
From that 2.5-inch hole on the outside edge of the tunnel, water was able to get into the south tube via the ventilation ducts, a spokesperson for NYC EDC said, and leak onto cars passing through.Video posted to social media — and confirmed by multiple agencies to be accurate — shows water forcefully shooting through the hole and pouring into the tunnel.City officials declined to speak with NBC New York on camera to delve into what went wrong.
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