The road is closed between Salmon and Edgemont streets as crews assess the cave-in and work to make the site safe for repairs.
The road is closed between Salmon and Edgemont streets as crews assess the cave-in and work to make the site safe for repairs.The road is closed between Salmon and Edgemont streets after a sinkhole opened up, swollowing an SUV on the residential street on Tuesday.
However, there is quite a bit of damage that needs to be repaired. Philadelphia Water Department and PGW crews are assessing the damage caused by a massive sinkhole that opened up on the 2700 block of Birch Street on Tuesday afternoon. The road is closed between Salmon and Edgemont streets as crews assess the cave-in and work to make the site safe for repairs. Incredible video of the sinkhole swallowing the SUV is making the rounds on the neighborhood group chat. "I had no idea. I was like 'Oh my God, Thank God no one was in that car. Thank God no one was walking by,'" said Lori McCole-Mazur, who lives just feet from the sinkhole. "I looked and I was like 'Shut up! That's my Mom's car in the hole!'" said Jordan Williams, from Port Richmond.Action News also has video of the SUV being pulled out from the hole.The Philadelphia police officer who owns the Chevrolet SUV that was swallowed up said, incredibly, there is minimal damage to the car. He was even able to drive it away after crews lifted it out. "I wasn't expecting all of this. I figured I come home, we get the car out of the sinkhole, the water department will fill the hole back up and we go about our business but as you can see, it's a little bit more than that," said Steve Williams, who owns the SUV."It's definitely going to happen again. Definitely going to happen again because we're getting the holes again. We have two of them on the block and one of them sits right in front of my property," said Port Richmond resident Michelle Kendorski. Philadelphia Water Department crews tell Action News that getting this sinkhole repaired is top priority. However, they do not have a timeline for when repairs will be completed.
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