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Two vehicles with four people fell into a sinkhole Monday night, Jan. 9, in Chatsworth, authorities said, with two people able to get out and the other two rescued by first responders.
Viewer video depicts two people being rescued from a Chatsworth sinkhole. Two patients were transported to the hospital with minor injuries. https://t.co/wylIweWpg4
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The incident was reported about 7:20 p.m. at 11414 Iverson Road, where one vehicle toppled on top of the other in the hole, the Los Angeles Fire Department said. The vehicles ended up about 15 feet below ground level.
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Cars remain in a large sinkhole along Iverson Road in Chatsworth on Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2023. A woman and a young girl are recovering after being trapped inside one of the vehicles at the bottom of the large water-filled sinkhole Monday night. (Photo by David Crane, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
Cars remain in a large sinkhole along Iverson Road in Chatsworth on Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2023. A woman and a young girl are recovering after being trapped inside one of the vehicles at the bottom of the large water-filled sinkhole Monday night. (Photo by David Crane, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
Cars remain in a large sinkhole along Iverson Road in Chatsworth on Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2023. A woman and a young girl are recovering after being trapped inside one of the vehicles at the bottom of the large water-filled sinkhole Monday night. (Photo by David Crane, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
Cars remain in a large sinkhole along Iverson Road in Chatsworth on Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2023. A woman and a young girl are recovering after being trapped inside one of the vehicles at the bottom of the large water-filled sinkhole Monday night. (Photo by David Crane, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
Cars remain in a large sinkhole along Iverson Road in Chatsworth, on Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2023. A woman and a young girl are recovering after being trapped inside one of the vehicles at the bottom of the large, water-filled sinkhole Monday night. (Photo by David Crane, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
Firefighters work to rescue the occupants of two vehicles that fell into in a sinkhole Monday night, Jan. 9, 2022, in Chatsworth as heavy rain continued to pound the area. The sinkhole fully cut across the southbound lane of Iverson Road and the entire road was closed, deemed unpassable to traffic. (Photo by OnScene.TV)
The two rescued by firefighters were taken to a hospital with non life-threatening injuries.
The road could not support emergency vehicles near the hole, so firefighters used a high-angle rope and an aerial ladder over the water-filled hole. In the midst of heavy rainfall, a firefighter was lowered to secure a girl and a woman with a harness and then raise them to the surface.
Iverson was close to traffic.
The Los Angeles Department of Public Works did not respond to requests for comment on Tuesday regarding the cause of the sinkhole, or an estimate of when the road would be reopened to traffic.
Staff writer Hunter Lee contributed to this report.
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