'It looks like something out of World War II in there.'
Most of us drive a little too fast through the Caldecott Tunnel. Maybe it’s a subconscious desire to escape the uneasy claustrophobia of a windowless space. Or merely the inevitable hurry to get from one side of the hills to another. But, for many longtimeresidents, it’s the unshakeable memories of April 7, 1982 — when seven people died in the tunnel — that haunt every trip from Oakland to Orinda.
In 1982, CalTrans estimated 110,000 vehicles went through the three bores of the Caldecott Tunnel each day. But a little past midnight on April 7, vehicle traffic had thinned out, with just a few cars and trucks zipping through in the darkness. "A gasoline explosion caused by a chain-reaction vehicle accident turned a tube of the Caldecott Tunnel into a fiery tomb early today, killing seven people and injuring at least two others." — The San Francisco Examiner, April 7, 1982MediaNews Group/Oakland Tribune /MediaNews Group via Getty Images
Within seconds, the tunnel was an inferno. Right behind the crash were son and mother Steve and June Rutledge, driving to June’s home in Piedmont. Steve stopped his Ford pickup and ran out into the road. A survivor of the fire, Paul Petroelje, told the San Francisco Examiner that he saw Steve waving down traffic entering the tunnel and turning them around.
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