Sinkhole swallows car in downtown St. Louis
Vehicle falls into a large sinkhole in downtown St. Louis (KMOV-St. Louis/Inform)
A St. Louis police officer looks over a large hole in 6th Street, Thursday, June 29, 2017, in St. Louis, that swallowed a Toyota Camry between Olive and Locust Streets. It isn't immediately clear what caused the collapse. (Christian Gooden/St. Louis Post-Dispatch via AP)
A Toyota Camry sits in a large hole in 6th Street, Thursday, June 29, 2017, in St. Louis. It isn't immediately clear what caused the collapse. (Christian Gooden/St. Louis Post-Dispatch via AP)
A Toyota Camry sits in a large hole in 6th Street, Thursday, June 29, 2017, in St. Louis. It isn't immediately clear what caused the collapse. (Christian Gooden/St. Louis Post-Dispatch via AP)
ST. LOUIS — A sinkhole has opened up and swallowed a car in downtown St. Louis.
There have been no injuries reported resulting from the sinkhole that appeared shortly before 7 a.m. Thursday.
Aerial TV footage shows the white car on its side in the hole, with water gushing from a below-ground pipe.
The car’s owners told television station KMOV that they were returning from a gym when they found their car in the crater.
It isn’t immediately clear what caused the collapse.
