RICHMOND, Va. (WWBT) - 100 years ago Thursday, a train tunnel collapsed in Church Hill, killing at least four men. Two of them remain entombed underground with a steam locomotive and 10 flat cars.

12 On Your Side’s Joel Vazquez is at a ceremony on Thursday evening that is honoring the lives lost and will have updates this evening at 7 and 11 p.m.

Learn more about the tunnel collapse in 12 On Your Side’s podcast “How We Got Here” below.

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