Roxboro sinkhole closes busy road to traffic
DOT COM TO SEE HOW THE STORM
WILL LIKELY PLAY OUT IN
OUR STATE.
>> SOME STUDENTS IN PERSON
COUNTY GOT AN UNEXPECTED DAY
OFF OF SCHOOL DUE TO FLOODING
THERE. WRAL. SEAN GALLAGHER
IS LIVE IN ROXBORO RIGHT NOW
WITH A LOOK AT THAT DAMAGE.
SEAN.
YEAH, JEFF, THE FLOODING HERE
WAS SO BAD IT CAUSED THE
SINKHOLE HERE RIGHT BEHIND ME.
TAKE A LOOK AT WAS COMPOUNDED
BY HEAVY RAINS THAT CAUSED THE
PIPE UNDER THE ROAD TO
COLLAPSE. CRUZ TELLING ME IT
WAS AROUND 05:00AM WHEN THIS
PART OF LONG AVENUE GAVE WAY.
THIS IS WHAT DOT TOLD ME ABOUT
WHY THE PIPE COLLAPSED UNDER
TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF PRESSURE.
>> WHEN THE WATER WENT THROUGH
IS SET THAT 3RD DOWN, WHICH
CREATED A WHOLE WHAT KIND OF
PULL THAT BACK TO. SO IT
WOULDN'T COLLAPSE ANY FURTHER
THIS FOR US. IT STANDPOINT.
AND 2, WE CAN GET OUT HERE AND
GET STARTED. IT WILL PUT SOME
SECOND IN THE GROUND. AND
THAT'S WHAT THESE GUYS ARE
DOING RIGHT NOW.
AND ROXBORO POLICE TELL ME THEY
RESPONDED TO TO FLOODING CALLS
RIGHT HERE ON MADISON BOULEVARD
AROUND THE CORNER. REALLY,
NOBODY WAS HURT, BUT IT DID
STRAND ONE VEHICLE ON THE
MEXICAN RESTAURANT HERE HAD ITS
ENTIRE PARKING LOT FLOODED AS
WELL. BACK OUT HERE LIVE.
YOU CAN SEE JUST HOW BIG OF AN
ISSUE THIS IS GOING TO BE DOT
TELLS ME IT'S GOING TO BE AT
LEAST 4 TO 6 WEEKS UNTIL THEY
FIX THIS. SO IF YOU'RE DRIVING.
>> ANYWHERE IN THIS AREA,
ROXBORO POLICE TELL ME THAT
IT'S BEST TO GO UP NORTH JUST
ABOUT A BLOCK TO I GORDON
STREET JUST TO THE NORTH.
YOU CAN USE THAT FOR THE TIME
BEING BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO
BE A LENGTHY PERIOD OF TIME
BEFORE THEY HAVE THIS FIXED.