By MES Dispatch staff
The Briefing
• One worker was killed and another injured when a tunnel under construction collapsed Tuesday in the Knights Ferry area of Calaveras County, California.
• The incident occurred at about 3:42 p.m. at the Canyon Tunnel Project site near Schell and Sonora roads, emergency officials said.
• Fire crews from multiple departments responded and found one injured worker outside the tunnel and another deceased inside.
• The injured worker was taken to a hospital with minor to moderate injuries; the deceased has not been publicly identified.
• The cause of the collapse remains under investigation by authorities.
CALAVERAS COUNTY, CA — One worker was killed and a second injured after a tunnel under construction collapsed Tuesday afternoon near Knights Ferry, emergency officials said.
The collapse occurred at about 3:42 p.m. at the Canyon Tunnel Project site on Schell Road near Sonora Road in Calaveras County, according to the Modesto Fire Department.
Crews from multiple fire departments, including Stanislaus Consolidated Fire, responded to reports of a collapse and found one worker outside the tunnel with injuries described as minor to moderate.
A second individual was located inside the tunnel and was later pronounced dead, officials said; a third person caught in the collapse was not injured.
The injured worker was transported to a local hospital for treatment, and the identity of the person killed has not been released, fire officials said.
Authorities have not determined a cause for the collapse, and investigators continue to examine the site as part of an ongoing investigation.