SUV falls into sinkhole in Manorville, police say
An SUV sits partially submerged in a sinkhole as a Brookhaven highway worker stands nearby on Moriches-Middle Island Road in Manorville on Thursday, Oct. 16, 2014. Credit: Ed Betz
A sport utility vehicle fell into a sinkhole that opened up on a Manorville roadway flooded after a pickup truck hit a fire hydrant Thursday afternoon, Suffolk police said.
No one was injured, but the flooding has shut down Moriches-Middle Island Road by Weeks Avenue, police said.
It was not clear what caused the pickup truck driver to hit the hydrant just before 12:15 p.m., but the flooding weakened Moriches-Middle Island Road, causing the surface to collapse, police said.
A photo from the scene shows the entire front of the SUV stuck in it, with the water level partway up the windshield.
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