Sinkhole consumes trucks and trailers

BALTIMORE – Water has now receded in a sinkhole spanning all lanes of Nieman Boulevard in Southwest Baltimore, allowing crews to clear heavy debris from the collapsed roadway.

The crater consumed a truck with a trailer, while a tow truck removed both for its owner.

He was lucky. “I saw his truck in the ditch when I got here yesterday, so he definitely dodged a bullet with it,” said Contractor Robert Harrington, adding that a pothole first appeared on the street last week and a larger pothole formed Sunday after an attack in the city broke the century-old water main, “Here “We’re repairing the 12-inch water main and the 18-inch storm drain, and we’re working on repairing the base so we can install new plumbing.”

Water gushing from both pipes washed sand and other fill onto neighboring properties and also disrupted water services.

“We haven’t had water since last Thursday,” said Andrew Portare of Electronic Value Recovery. “They gave us some interim water on Sunday, which allowed our cleaning crew to come in and clean it up, but we’re SpotPots and ready—washing stations on site right now “There is.”

“It should take approximately two weeks for crews here to repair the infrastructure, refill the hole and repave the street.”

Questions remain as to whether the owner of the swamped truck and trailer would act fairly, as it is said he only carries liability insurance and can hardly be held responsible for a street that collapsed beneath them.

“He wasn’t very happy,” Portare said. “He said he would definitely work with the city to see who was responsible for this. It was a brand new trailer. They managed to get it out, but it has some damage to it.”