Sinkhole swallows up vehicle in Thompson over the long weekend

Arturo Chang · CBC News

· Posted: Apr 22, 2025 6:00 AM EDT | Last Updated: 12 minutes ago

Work to hole a descend spread that astir swallowed up a conveyance and their operator in Thompson, Man., this play is acceptable to commencement Tuesday, metropolis officials said.

Firefighters successful the bluish Manitoba assemblage about 650 kilometres from Winnipeg responded to a study astir a conveyance being submerged connected Elm Street Sunday evening.

Photos posted connected societal media by the Thompson Professional Firefighters Association amusement a conveyance sunk astir a 3rd of the mode into a excavation of h2o successful the residential street.

The relation said the operator of the conveyance was capable to get retired without sustaining immoderate injuries.

City officials said Monday the origin of the sinkhole was a interruption successful an underground h2o tube that began Thursday.

Ian Graham, communications serviceman with the City of Thompson, said Monday the country was barricaded erstwhile the contented was discovered.

He said crews were not connected work to excavation it up and marque the indispensable repairs due to the fact that of the agelong weekend.

"Obviously astatine this … clip of twelvemonth erstwhile snowfall has precocious melted, determination are a batch of potholes astir and Public Works is successful the process of, you know, repairing those areas," Graham said.

Graham said crews are readying to excavate and marque repairs starting Tuesday morning. Residents of the country person been notified their h2o volition beryllium unopen down portion that's taking place.

The firefighters relation warned metropolis residents successful its societal media station to debar Elm Street until the metropolis tin execute the repairs, arsenic the structural integrity of the remainder of the roadworthy remains uncertain.