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Shortly before 8:00 a.m today, a 35-year old-woman was killed while driving to work after her windshield was struck by a 200-pound manhole cover that became airborne on Interstate 93 inside the Thomas P. O’Neill Jr. Tunnel.  Full story here and in tomorrow’s Boston Herald.

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02/12/2016-Boston,MA. A State Police investigator encircles, with paint, the manhole cover that came loose and eventually flew into a car's windshield killing a woman during Friday morning's commute on Route 93 Southbound, just outside of the O'Neill Tunnel. Staff photo by Mark Garfinkel

02/12/2016-Boston, MA. A State Police investigator painted a circle around the manhole cover that came loose and flew into a car windshield, killing a woman during the Friday morning commute on Route 93 south. The cover came to a rest outside of the Thomas P. O’Neill Jr. Tunnel. Staff photo by Mark Garfinkel

02/12/2016-Boston,MA. First responders at the scene.

02/12/2016-Boston,MA. First responders at the scene.

02/12/2016-Boston,MA. State Police investigators are seen Route 93 Southbound, inside the O'Neill Tunnel, near the spot where a manhole resided before coming loose and eventually flying into a car's windshield killing a woman during Friday morning's commute.

02/12/2016-Boston,MA. State Police investigators are seen Route 93 Southbound, inside the O'Neill Tunnel, near the spot where a manhole resided before coming loose and eventually flying into a car's windshield killing a woman during Friday morning's commute. Staff photo by Mark Garfinkel

02/12/2016-Boston,MA. Investigators are seen on Route 93 Southbound, inside the O'Neill Tunnel, near the spot where a manhole resided before coming loose and eventually flying into a car's windshield killing a woman during Friday morning's commute. ED NOTE. This is where the manhole resided prior to coming loose. THIS IS A REPLACEMENT manhole cover. The words on the replacement are Boston Drain, however the manhole cover that flew into the woman was NOT a Boston Drain cover. Staff photo by Mark Garfinkel

02/12/2016-Boston,MA. Investigators are seen on Route 93 Southbound, inside the O’Neill Tunnel, near the spot where a manhole resided before coming loose and eventually flying into a car’s windshield killing a woman during Friday morning’s commute. ED NOTE. This is where the manhole resided prior to coming loose. THIS IS A REPLACEMENT manhole cover. The words on the replacement are Boston Drain, however the manhole cover that flew into the woman was NOT a Boston Drain cover. Staff photo by Mark Garfinkel

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02/12/2016-Boston,MA. First responders are scene on Route 93 Southbound, after the O'Neill Tunnel, after this one car accident caused a serious, possible fatal injury during Friday morning's commute. Staff photo by Mark Garfinkel

02/12/2016-Boston,MA. A car, driven by a woman who was killed as her windshield was hit by a manhole cover on Route 93 Southbound, is towed away. Staff photo by Mark Garfinkel

02/12/2016-Boston,MA. State Police investigators are seen on Route 93 Southbound, just outside of the O'Neill Tunnel, near the spot where a manhole resided before coming loose and eventually flying into a car's windshield killing a woman during Friday morning's commute. Staff photo by Mark Garfinkel

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