Wednesday, 12 February 2014

Eight cars swallowed by 40-foot sinkhole in the middle of the National Corvette Museum

Eight cars swallowed by 40-foot sinkhole in the middle of the National Corvette Museum
Feb 12th 2014, 14:36, by Adrianne Jeffries


A sinkhole reportedly opened up inside the National Corvette Museum in Bowling Green, KY at around 5:44AM local time, swallowing eight cars that were on display. The sinkhole is reportedly about 40 feet wide and at least 20 feet deep. No one has been hurt.
The Bowling Green fire department was on the scene right away and geologists from Western Kentucky University have been called to investigate. Much of the western Kentucky region is underlain by karst, limestone that has been eroded to produce springs, sinking streams, caves, and sinkholes.
Screenshot from a camera inside the Corvette Museum Skydome. pic.twitter.com/X3Ovg3Ibzd
— WBKO Newsroom (@WBKO_Newsroom) February 12, 2014

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