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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
World
Erin Keller

A dump truck trying to help with a sinkhole in New Jersey swallowed up by another sinkhole: ‘Honestly, I am still in shock’

Residents of one New Jersey town are dealing with a chaotic situation after a dump truck sent to repair a sinkhole was swallowed by another nearby collapse, trapping the vehicle and prompting a state of emergency locally.

The second collapse occurred Tuesday just before 1 p.m. at the intersection of Summit Avenue and Lewis Street in Phillipsburg, town officials told WFMZ. The intersection had already been closed following an earlier sinkhole that appeared Monday, around 20 feet away.

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