{"id":309118,"date":"2026-10-18T05:06:15","date_gmt":"2026-10-18T05:06:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/309118\/"},"modified":"2026-10-18T05:06:15","modified_gmt":"2026-10-18T05:06:15","slug":"car-plunges-into-massive-hole-in-construction-zone-in-west-oak-lane","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/309118\/","title":{"rendered":"Car plunges into massive hole in construction zone in West Oak Lane"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Car plunges into massive hole in West Oak Lane construction zone<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"WPVI logo\" class=\"awXxV NDJZt sJeUN IJwXl CfkUa EknAv NwgWd \" data-testid=\"prism-image\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1792299975_840_origin-wpvi.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Sunday, October 18, 2026 3:59AM<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao MvWXB TjIXL aGjvy ebVHC \">PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) &#8212; A car ended up stuck in a massive hole in the West Oak Lane section of Philadelphia on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">A surveillance camera on that block captured the moment the driver continued past traffic cones and a warning sign before plunging into the hole near 21st and Laveer Streets right next to Imhotep Charter High School.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Neighbors like Nell Roby say the construction signs at that intersection have been up for months.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">&#8220;People need to realize that  when you see these areas being worked on, to take it serious&#8221;  Roby said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The airbags were deployed and the driver side door was open when our Action News crews arrived on scene.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">We reached out to authorities to learn more about the incident but have not yet heard back.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC eTIW sUzSN \">No word yet on the whether the driver was injured.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2026 WPVI-TV. All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Car plunges into massive hole in West Oak Lane construction zone Sunday, October 18, 2026 3:59AM PHILADELPHIA (WPVI)&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":309119,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[126645,69,71,70],"class_list":["post-309118","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-philadelphia","tag-126645","tag-philadelphia","tag-philadelphia-headlines","tag-philadelphia-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/309118","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=309118"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/309118\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/309119"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=309118"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=309118"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=309118"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}