Mom and daughter saved from cavernous and mysterious sinkhole, thanks to aerial team from Los Angeles Fire Department.
The Chatsworth sinkhole that made national news this week when it swallowed two vehicles and led to the harrowing rescue of a mother and her daughter, was created by pounding torrential rain in the San Fernando Valley on Jan. 9. Now city crews are investigating how it happened.
The mother and daughter faced a more harrowing situation, trapped in the dark in their Nissan as the San Fernando Valley got hammered by an “atmospheric river” storm. On Wednesday, he said, the “Department of Street Works and other city officials are there, with experts to assess the soil and investigate so this doesn’t happen again.” The city crews are “trying to understand what happened” he said.
Workers continue to repair a sinkhole on Iverson Rd. on Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2023, in Chatsworth where two cars, drove into during the heavy rains. The 118 freeway at top is just north of the sinkhole. Cars remain in a large sinkhole along Iverson Road in Chatsworth, on Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2023. A woman and a young girl are recovering after being trapped inside one of the vehicles at the bottom of the large, water-filled sinkhole Monday night.
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