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| Cars swallowed by sinkhole leaves street shocked | |
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| Northumbria Police said no-one had been injured | Northumbria Police said no-one had been injured |
| A sinkhole has appeared on a street, causing damage to several vehicles. | |
| A portion of Broughton Road in South Shields collapsed before 05:30 GMT, Northumbria Police said. | A portion of Broughton Road in South Shields collapsed before 05:30 GMT, Northumbria Police said. |
| Emergency services were called to the scene. No-one was reported to have been injured. | |
| South Tyneside Council said it was a "localised incident" and there had been some disruption to power and water supplies. | |
| The street has been closed to vehicles and pedestrians. | |
| Earlier, police said homes had been evacuated as a precaution but the council later said nobody had been moved. | |
| Northumbrian Water said one of its water mains had been damaged and customers in a nearby care home may be experiencing no water. | Northumbrian Water said one of its water mains had been damaged and customers in a nearby care home may be experiencing no water. |
| The water supplier said it had delivered bottled water and was working to restore supplies. | The water supplier said it had delivered bottled water and was working to restore supplies. |
| The sinkhole appeared in Broughton Road in the early hours | The sinkhole appeared in Broughton Road in the early hours |
| South Tyneside Council leader, Labour's Tracey Dixon, said she had "no idea" what caused the road to collapse. | |
| "Thankfully, the gentleman who's property is above the hole wasn't in," she said. | |
| "We appreciate that some people's vehicles have been affected and there has been some disruption to power and water supplies. | |
| "We are working to support those affected." | |
| Work is under way to find out what caused the collapse | |
| Resident Lucy Mouter said she woke up to see three cars in a row in the ground, one of them her boyfriend's. | |
| "When I came downstairs, the police were already outside," she said. | |
| "As a couple of hours passed, [the cars] went further in and they have just pulled them out. | |
| "All I heard were car alarms going off, I wasn't expecting that." | |
| Lucy Mouter says she heard car alarms going off on Monday morning | |
| An investigation into what caused the sinkhole is under way. | |
| Dixon added: "We are working to support those affected. | |
| "There is minimal impact to the wider community aside and those affected will be updated as things develop." | |
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