Sinkhole opens, swallows part of city bus during rush hour
Posted October 28, 2019 7:00 am
PITTSBURGH (AP) - The front of a city bus is up in the air after a sinkhole opened under it during rush hour in downtown Pittsburgh.
The Port Authority of Allegheny County says only the driver and one passenger were aboard the bus when it plunged into the hole Monday morning.
The passenger was taken to a hospital for a minor injury, and the driver was not injured.
The agency tweeted that the bus was at a red light when the street gave way and the rear half plunged into the hole.
The front of the bus pitched into the air, and the front wheels of a car that was behind it dangled over the hole's edge.
The bus remained stuck into the evening.
Authorities investigate after a Port Authority bus was caught in a sinkhole in downtown Pittsburgh on Monday, Oct. 28, 2019. The Port Authority of Allegheny County says the lone passenger is being treated Monday morning for minor injuries. (Darrell Sapp/Pittsburgh Post-Gazette via AP)
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Authorities investigate after a Port Authority bus was caught in a sinkhole in downtown Pittsburgh on Monday, Oct. 28, 2019. The Port Authority of Allegheny County says the lone passenger is being treated Monday morning for minor injuries. (Darrell Sapp/Pittsburgh Post-Gazette via AP)
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Crews work at the scene of a Port Authority bus that fell into a sinkhole along 10th Street and Penn Avenue in Pittsburgh on Monday, Oct. 28, 2019. The bus and a car fell in the sinkhole shortly before 8 a.m. One person was taken to the hospital for a minor injury. (Kristina Serafini/Pittsburgh Tribune-Review via AP)
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Steam rises as police, utility and emergency crews work the scene of a Port Authority bus that had fallen into a sinkhole along 10th Street and Penn Avenue in Pittsburgh on Monday, Oct. 28, 2019. The bus and a car fell in the sinkhole shortly before 8 a.m. One person was taken to the hospital for a minor injury. (Kristina Serafini/Pittsburgh Tribune-Review via AP)
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Crews work at the scene of a Port Authority bus that fell into a sinkhole along 10th Street and Penn Avenue in Pittsburgh on Monday, Oct. 28, 2019. The bus and a car fell in the sinkhole shortly before 8 a.m. One person was taken to the hospital for a minor injury. (Kristina Serafini/Pittsburgh Tribune-Review via AP)
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The front of a city bus is up in the air after a sinkhole opened under it during rush hour in downtown Pittsburgh Monday, Oct. 28, 2019. The Port Authority of Allegheny County says only the driver and one passenger were aboard the bus when it plunged into the hole. The passenger was taken to a hospital for a minor injury and the driver was uninjured. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
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Police, utility and emergency crews stand at the scene of a Port Authority bus that fell into a sinkhole along 10th Street and Penn Avenue in Pittsburgh on Monday, Oct. 28, 2019. The bus and a car fell in the sinkhole shortly before 8 a.m. One person was taken to the hospital for a minor injury. (Kristina Serafini/Pittsburgh Tribune-Review via AP)
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Crews look at a Port Authority bus that had fallen into a sinkhole along 10th Street and Penn Avenue in Downtown Pittsburgh on Monday, Oct. 28, 2019. The bus and a car fell in the sinkhole shortly before 8 a.m. One person was taken to the hospital for a minor injury (Kristina Serafini/Pittsburgh Tribune-Review via AP)
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The front of a city bus is up in the air after a sinkhole opened under it during rush hour in downtown Pittsburgh Monday, Oct. 28, 2019. The Port Authority of Allegheny County says only the driver and one passenger were aboard the bus when it plunged into the hole. The passenger was taken to a hospital for a minor injury and the driver was uninjured. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
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A Port Authority bus sticks out of a large sinkhole on 10th Street near Penn Avenue in Pittsburgh on Monday, Oct. 28, 2019. (Andrew Rush/Pittsburgh Post-Gazette via AP)
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Wendell Hissrich, Pittsburgh public safety director, speaks to the media at the scene where a Port Authority bus fell into a large sinkhole on 10th Street near Penn Avenue in Pittsburgh on Monday, Oct. 28, 2019. (Andrew Rush/Pittsburgh Post-Gazette via AP)
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