1 Dead in Texas Sinkhole

Man in another car rescued
By Evann Gastaldo,  Newser Staff
Posted Dec 5, 2016 2:04 PM CST

A Texas sinkhole claimed a life Sunday night. A car driving through standing water entered the San Antonio sinkhole; another passing car stopped, and occupants of that car helped the original driver, a man in his 60s. Both that man and a woman who stopped to help were transported to a nearby hospital, KENS5 reports. But investigators later discovered another car trapped in the sinkhole and said a person was unaccounted for; the Dallas News has since reported the sinkhole resulted in one fatality. The sinkhole, which opened as a result of a sewer line rupture, was the length of the entire street and 12 feet deep. (More sinkhole stories.)

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