Downtown Ottawa is the latest city to remove cars from its streets. Actually it’s just a single minivan. That got sucked into the bowels of the Earth.
A huge sinkhole opened on a busy Ottawa street this morning due to a water main break. It seemed like emergency crews had everything under control and then…
The van on Rideau Street is now under water #ottnews #sinkhole pic.twitter.com/l6Gk5WjM2s
— CTV Ottawa (@ctvottawa) June 8, 2016
Guys I just saw a car get sucked into the sinkhole #ottawasinkhole #sinkhole #ottawa pic.twitter.com/7YyaHpzudr
— Anne-Sophie Alarie (@_Sophster) June 8, 2016
https://twitter.com/embed/status/740604275559010304
Don’t worry, you can enjoy these videos. Police had blocked off the area around it and no one was in danger. But still. People were close!
In addition to disrupting traffic, the sinkhole also caused power outages and a possible gas leak. Some are worried that the main was broken due to the city’s new light rail line, which is currently tunneling beneath the area.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_tsTOV9o4o
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was not available to offer an explanation.
Update 2:04 p.m. ET: Ottawa officials still can’t determine why the water main suddenly broke but they don’t think it was due to light rail.
The city can't connect the sinkhole to LRT construction under Rideau Street, saying LRT tunnel is well below the watermain break. #ottnews
— CBC Ottawa (@CBCOttawa) June 8, 2016
The mystery deepens.
[CTV]
