3 rescued from sinkhole in Huntington Station

Three people were hauled out of a sinkhole in the front yard of a Huntington Station home early Thursday morning, Suffolk County police said, and building inspectors will have to determine what caused the ground to open up, and whether it resulted from overnight rain.

Just after 6 a.m., a police officer and a bystander pulled one person out of the approximately 6-by-6-foot hole on West 10th Street. A second officer fetched a ladder from a neighbor and helped the other two climb out, police said.

Two of the people pulled to safety were taken to Huntington Hospital to be evaluated, police said. The third person was not hurt, police said.

The Town of Huntington building inspector was called to evaluate the property and determine the cause of the hole, police said.

With James Carbone