ST. LOUIS — Twelve children and a driver on Tuesday were caught briefly in a school bus after its rear tire became stuck in a sinkhole, authorities said.
The bus became stuck on Gasconade Street near South Broadway, the Ó£ÌÒÊÓƵ Fire Department said on social media.
No injuries were immediately reported.
Sinkholes have been an ongoing issue for the city.
In April, at least two sinkholes opened across the city, unsettling neighbors and drawing spectators.
City officials blocked off nearly an entire block at 17th Street and Cass Avenue in the Ó£ÌÒÊÓƵ Place neighborhood after a sinkhole — estimated to be at least 20 feet deep — opened when a 100-year-old brick sewer collapsed, the sewer district said. Running water could be heard inside the hole.
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A few miles away at 14th Street and Park Avenue, just south of Downtown, yellow caution tape and orange traffic cones cordoned off a roughly 30-foot long sinkhole that swallowed part of the median.
The sinkhole that caught the school bus on Tuesday, though, was noticeably smaller, appearing to be only about a foot wide and 2 feet deep.
By 5:30 p.m., only about an hour after the bus had become trapped, it was removed and officials had closed off half a lane on Gasconade around the hole.
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