Sinkhole swallows yards, threatens pickup in Philly suburb

A pickup truck dangles over the edge of a sinkhole the swallowed parts of two residential yards Wednesday morning, Jan. 25, 2017, in the Philadelphia suburb of Glenside, Pa. Officials in Cheltenham Township say the hole, which appears to be about 20 feet deep, opened up about 4 a.m. Wednesday. Authorities say nobody's been hurt and there was no obvious, immediate cause for the sinkhole to develop.
Emily Casher Loomis via AP

A pickup truck dangles over the edge of a sinkhole the swallowed parts of two residential yards Wednesday morning, Jan. 25, 2017, in the Philadelphia suburb of Glenside, Pa. Officials in Cheltenham Township say the hole, which appears to be about 20 feet deep, opened up about 4 a.m. Wednesday. Authorities say nobody's been hurt and there was no obvious, immediate cause for the sinkhole to develop.

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