Tip O'Neill must be rolling over in his grave

Last night part of the ceiling fell on a car traveling in the Ted Williams Tunnel, part of The Big Dig, which is formally named after Thomas P. O'Neill, longtime Speaker of the House and acknowledged by almost all as a "good guy". The car was crushed, a female passenger died, the driver is in the hospital.

This is not the first problem to occur with the most expensive single highway project to date, at $14.6 billion. Rocks fell from a vent in April 2005 and trapped five vehicles, including an ambulance. A very large chunk of cement fell in March of this year; inspectors found leaks in the fireproofing material in forty places. There have been several minor leaks since the official opening in 2003.