Water main break in little italy halts trolley service
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_Updated at 12:15 p.m., Jan. 14, 2015_ A construction crew accidentally ruptured a water main in Little Italy Wednesday morning, flooding traffic lanes and some businesses and interrupting
light-rail service in the area for several hours. The break occurred shortly after 8:30 a.m. on West Date Street, near India Street, according to the San Diego Water Department. It took city
crews about an hour to halt the overflow, SDWD spokesman Arian Collins said. Trolley service through the busy district was suspended until about 10:15 a.m., Metropolitan Transit Services
officials said. The mishap left three blocks in the area without water service pending repairs, Collins said. There was no immediate estimate of when the pipeline would be fixed and the
roadway patched. The city sent in “water wagons” to serve those left without functional taps. _—City News Service_