Sinkhole swallows part of city bus in Pittsburgh

The front of a city bus is up in the air after a sinkhole opened under it during rush hour in downtown Pittsburgh.

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Mon., Oct. 28, 2019

A bus sticks out of a large sinkhole in Pittsburgh on Oct. 28.

Andrew Rush Associated Press
Authorities investigate after a Port Authority bus was caught in a sinkhole in downtown Pittsburgh on Monday, Oct. 28, 2019. The Port Authority of Allegheny County says the lone passenger is being treated Monday morning for minor injuries.

Darrell Sapp Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Pittsburgh police officers stand near a Port Authority bus that had fallen into a sinkhole along 10th Street and Penn Avenue in Pittsburgh on Monday, Oct. 28, 2019. The bus and a car fell in the sinkhole shortly before 8 a.m. One person was taken to the hospital for a minor injury.

Kristina Serafini Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
The front of a city bus is up in the air after a sinkhole opened under it during rush hour in downtown Pittsburgh Monday, Oct. 28, 2019. The Port Authority of Allegheny County says only the driver and one passenger were aboard the bus when it plunged into the hole. The passenger was taken to a hospital for a minor injury and the driver was uninjured.

Gene J. Puskar Associated Press
Police, utility and emergency crews stand at the scene of a Port Authority bus that fell into a sinkhole along 10th Street and Penn Avenue in Pittsburgh on Monday, Oct. 28, 2019. The bus and a car fell in the sinkhole shortly before 8 a.m. One person was taken to the hospital for a minor injury.

Kristina Serafini Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
Crews look at a Port Authority bus that had fallen into a sinkhole along 10th Street and Penn Avenue in Downtown Pittsburgh on Monday, Oct. 28, 2019. The bus and a car fell in the sinkhole shortly before 8 a.m. One person was taken to the hospital for a minor injury.

Kristina Serafini Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
Steam rises as police, utility and emergency crews work the scene of a Port Authority bus that had fallen into a sinkhole along 10th Street and Penn Avenue in Pittsburgh on Monday, Oct. 28, 2019. The bus and a car fell in the sinkhole shortly before 8 a.m. One person was taken to the hospital for a minor injury.

Kristina Serafini Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
Crews work at the scene of a Port Authority bus that fell into a sinkhole along 10th Street and Penn Avenue in Pittsburgh on Monday, Oct. 28, 2019. The bus and a car fell in the sinkhole shortly before 8 a.m. One person was taken to the hospital for a minor injury.

Kristina Serafini Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
The front of a city bus is up in the air after a sinkhole opened under it during rush hour in downtown Pittsburgh Monday, Oct. 28, 2019. The Port Authority of Allegheny County says only the driver and one passenger were aboard the bus when it plunged into the hole. The passenger was taken to a hospital for a minor injury and the driver was uninjured.

Gene J. Puskar Associated Press
Crews work at the scene of a Port Authority bus that fell into a sinkhole along 10th Street and Penn Avenue in Pittsburgh on Monday, Oct. 28, 2019. The bus and a car fell in the sinkhole shortly before 8 a.m. One person was taken to the hospital for a minor injury.

Kristina Serafini Pittsburgh Tribune-Review