SAN ANTONIO – A driver escaped serious injury after a pickup truck plunged into a massive sinkhole in Beaumont, Texas, early Sunday morning.
Police said the driver of a black Ford F-150 was driving through the area when the street suddenly gave way and collapsed.
The sinkhole, estimated at 20 feet wide and 20 feet deep, was filled with several feet of water gushing from a broken water main.
The truck became wedged at a 45-degree angle, with the front of the pickup against a large piece of concrete that prevented it from falling deeper into the hole.
The driver was not seriously injured and managed to crawl out.
The truck was pulled out of the sinkhole, and city workers repaired the leak Sunday afternoon and restored water service.