Car plunges into sinkhole in Philadelphia's Port Richmond neighborhood
Chopper 3 was over the scene of a sinkhole in Port Richmond, Philadelphia. You can see a car had fallen into the sinkhole and an additional car behind it partially had.
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Chopper 3 was over the scene of a sinkhole in Port Richmond, Philadelphia. You can see a car had fallen into the sinkhole and an additional car behind it partially had.
A big sinkhole opens up in Port Richmond, swallowing one car and nearly swallowing another. Chopper 3 is live over the 2700 block of Birch Street Tuesday afternoon. Officials shut off a six-inch water main in that area meaning about 30 properties are without water as crews assess the damage and begin repairs. Right now, Birch Street is closed between Salmon and Edgemont streets.
Route 202 between Henderson Road and Saulin Boulevard will stay closed through early June as part of PennDOT's $22.4 million sinkhole remediation project.
Route 202 between Henderson Road and Saulin Boulevard will stay closed through early June as part of PennDOT's $22.4 million sinkhole remediation project.
The sinkhole opened up in Hunting Park between West Erie and Rising Sun avenues.
The Philadelphia Water Department is responding to a sinkhole that opened up on North 6th Street between Erie and Rising Sun Avenues. Meanwhile, residents across the region are stocking up on shovels and de-icer ahead of the first potential significant snowstorm of 2025.
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Crews found the body of Elizabeth Pollard, the Pennsylvania grandma who fell into a sinkhole in Unity Township.
Crews have now found the body of a 64-year-old woman who fell into a sinkhole in Unity Township. Elizabeth Pollard had been missing since monday. It's believed the sinkhole opened as she was looking for her cat. Crews spent days digging and searching an abandoned mine beneath the ground where the sinkhole opened.
State police now say the rescue effort for 64-year-old Elizabeth Pollard in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, has now shifted to a recovery effort.
Crews are still working to locate 64-year-old Elizabeth Pollard, who is believed to have fallen into a sinkhole in Unity Township while she was out searching for a missing cat.
A rescue mission for a missing grandmother in Western Pennsylvania is becoming more dangerous. State police think Elizabeth Pollard was swallowed up by a sinkhole that is above an old coal mine in Unity Township, Westmoreland County. Pollard was last seen behind a restaurant at 5 p.m. Monday calling for her cat.
First responders in Westmoreland County are searching for a 64-year-old woman who reportedly fell in a 30-foot sinkhole in Unity Township.
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Chopper 3 was over the scene on Gaither Drive just off Fellowship Road. Mount Laurel police told CBS News Philadelphia Gaither Drive is closed in both directions.
CBS News Philadelphia reached out to the Streets Department for answers and we were told the sinkhole was not listed in the system but someone would be looking into this
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