St. Louis fire engine sinks into hole in street while responding
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A street partially collapsed Thursday morning while firefighters responded to a call for a person down in south St. Louis.
A St. Louis Fire Department truck fell through the pavement at 9th and Wyoming streets shortly before 6 a.m. A city employee told NewsChanenl 5’s Ryan Dean the collapse happened where there was a water main break several months ago, and the pavement has collapsed before.
A person was found deceased at 10th Street and Withnell.
Kim Bell, St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
The pumper didn’t make it to scene because it was stuck, but the medic unit got there in a hurry and the person was already dead, said Capt. Garon Mosby of the St. Louis Fire Department.
An inspector with the St. Louis streets department is examining the collapse and the pavement surrounding it to decide what the plan should be for getting the truck out. The obvious concern is that the sinkhole will get bigger as crews work to remove the truck.
“Sinkholes, they go small to big,” Mosby said. “We basically have this truck sitting in a hole that’s already started.”
