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02/12/2014 at 09:17 • Filed to: Corvette, Tips
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http://www.bgdailynews.com/news/collapse-…
By ROBYN L. MINOR The Daily News !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! 783-3249 | !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!!
A sinkhole opened up today beneath the National Corvette Museum and swallowed six cars on display.
The Bowling Green Fire Department was on the scene this morning. The sinkhole opened under the dome part of the building.
"As it started happening, it triggered an alarm, so the security company called an employee," Museum Executive Director Wendell Strode said.
The alarm, which was triggered at 5:38 a.m., also resulted in a call to the fire department.
Strode has not been allowed into the collapsed area.
"It's about 20 feet deep. As best as I can see it is about as big as the pedestal area where we had the cars displayed," Strode said.
The dome is part of the original museum for which construction began in 1992 and was complete in 1994. The museum is set to have its 20th anniversary in September.
Strode said nothing can be done about the cars until a structural engineer arrives and evaluates the situation.
"We also have called some karst people from Western Kentucky University to come out and see what is going on," he said.
This is the first incidence of a sinkhole on the property, he said.
"This is going to be an interesting situation," Strode said.
Currently, plans are for the museum to be open, but the dome room will be closed.
Paul Miles @PaulMiles84 16m BREAKING: 25 ft. sinkhole in middle of Nat'l Corvette Museum in Bowling Green, KY. 40 ft. across. 8 corvettes in hole. Expand
RacecaR
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02/12/2014 at 09:29 |
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Sink holes?!? In Kentucky?!?!
C-5M Load Smasher
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02/12/2014 at 09:45 |
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As long as they still open the track, who gives a shit. Can't wait to do some track days on it!
crowmolly
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02/12/2014 at 09:48 |
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Dark day. I hope they can all be fixed.
Not like
mycarneverruns87
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02/12/2014 at 10:18 |
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NONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONONOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!! I mean..that sucks