JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Public works crews were hard at work Thursday night after part of a road collapsed near Ringhaver Park on Jacksonville's Westside.
A viewer first alerted News4Jax to the collapse on 118th Street near Sundown Drive about 4:15 p.m., submitting an image that showed a car stuck nose first in the hole with its rear wheels in the air.
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IMAGES: Crews work to repair massive sinkhole on city's Westside
JEA workers said an old water pipe beneath the roadway burst, sending water gushing out that washed away the ground underneath the asphalt.
Apparent sinkhole opens on 118th Street at Sundown Drive on the Westside
The city learned of the collapse after someone driving a sport-utility vehicle saw water pooling on the road and tried to drive through it, workers said. Instead, the roadway caved in and took the SUV with it.
By 9 p.m., the hole was large enough that city workers could stand inside. The hole measured about six feet deep and 35 feet wide.
The road reopened to traffic Friday morning just after 5 a.m.