A monster sinkhole yawned open on Chicago’s South Side early Thursday, swallowing three cars and injuring a driver. The crater opened at around 5 a.m. on a residential street in the South Deering neighborhood and quickly grew from about 20 feet to 40 feet, The Chicago Tribune reported.Two parked cars were swallowed immediately, while the third, a silver pickup, slid in after the driver approached and the road beneath him buckled. The driver, Merko Krivokuca, was taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital and treated for some “scratches,” his father told the Tribune. City officials said the sinkhole opened after a water main dating from 1915 broke during an all-night rain storm. The storm pummeled the city with torrential rains and caused widespread flooding. Only the tips of the cars could be seen poking out of the massive crater as hardhats worked to pump water from areas around the hole to prevent it from opening wider. Ola Oni, who lives on the block, told the Tribune she was getting ready to leave for work when her car suddenly sunk into the earth. (source)
This is some scary shyt!!! Are these sinkholes a new thing? It seems like within the last few years these sinkholes have been opening up all willy nilly. Imagine driving down your street or unloding the groceries out of your trunk and a sinkhole swallows you up. If it doesn’t kill you I bet it will mess you up for like with post traumatic stress syndrome! This is horrible!
