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2 vehicles swallowed by Bowie sinkhole, nearby home flooded

Police said an 8-foot sinkhole opened up at the intersection of Duckettown Road and Maple Avenue in Old Town Bowie Monday morning.

BOWIE, Md. — Crews worked to repair a large sinkhole in Bowie Monday. WSSC reports an 8-foot sinkhole opened up in an intersection before dawn after a water main burst underground.

Two vehicles were pulled from the hole at the intersection of Duckettown Road. and Maple Street in two separate incidents. The basement of a nearby home was flooded with water and debris that washed out of the hole.

Residents say they contacted authorities after a pickup truck fell into a collapsed section of roadway before dawn.

After the truck was pulled from the hole by a towing contractor, a second vehicle fell into the hole. Witnesses said the dark colored sedan was trapped after the driver ignored or diverted around barricades set up at the scene.

"It was dark when the first one went in right," Larry Decker, the man whose home flooded, said. "And then the second one went in after they got the first one out."

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Witnesses took photos of 2 vehicles that fell in a Bowie sinkhole in two separate incidents Monday morning.

No one has been injured.

The intersection has reopened Tuesday morning after crews worked to repave the area where the sinkhole opened up. 

Credit: SKY9

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