Massive sinkhole opens up in neighborhood, nearly swallows pick-up truck

Emergency crews had their work cut out for them after a dangerously large sinkhole formed in a Montgomery County neighborhood. It happened about 4 a.m. Wednesday morning on the 700 block of Brooke Road in Glenside, Cheltenham Township. “Incredible, sheesh, hopefully it doesn’t swallow the house,” said Ronald Forster. The huge crater swallowed

sections of a sidewalk, portions of a street, a tree, a large section of a yard, and left a white truck dangling in the balance. “It’s scary that could be our house. We’re like right down the street here. It could happen anywhere,” said Ron Hoffman. “You see them in California and that’s why we live here. It’s something you don’t expect to wake up to, that’s for sure,” said Don Thomsen. READ MORE