New manhole cover bolted down where teacher died in freak accident

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MassDOT considering bolting down others

New manhole cover bolted down where teacher died in freak accident
Published 4:02 PM EDT Mar 14, 2016

BOSTON —MassDOT workers installed and bolted-down a new manhole cover in the travel lane of the O’Neill Tunnel on Interstate 93 south where a manhole cover went airborne during February, killing a teacher who was on her way to work.

In the wake of the accident, the agency is also considering whether other manhole covers should also be bolted down.

On Feb. 12, a manhole cover flipped into the air and smashed through the front of Caitlin Clavette's car. The 35-year-old Arlington resident was on her way to Grover Elementary School, where she worked as an art teacher.

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After the tragedy, a temporary manhole cover was installed in that location and MassDOT crews began an inspection of all 1,143 covers in travel lanes on highways and in tunnels. At 69 of those, they welded the covers in place "if the slightest movement was detected."