A Mitt Romney commercial talking about the "Big Dig" mess, when he was running for governor of Massachusetts. The Big Dig would be an issue during the last year of his term when part of the ceiling collapse in one of the tunnels killing a passenger in one of the cars. At approximately 11:00 p.m. on Monday, July 10, 2006, four sections of ceiling tiles fell to the roadway on eastbound I-90, along a section of connector tunnel that leads to the Ted Williams Tunnel in South Boston. The cement panel tiles, each weighing around three tons, crushed a car passing underneath, killing the passenger, 38-year-old Milena Del Valle, and slightly injuring the driver, Angel Del Valle.

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