The top of the truck can be seen above the sinkhole that opened in a laneway between two buildings on Weston Road, near St. Phillips Road, on Tuesday morning.
West-end 色色啦聽residents were shocked to find a tanker truck caught in a sinkhole beside their building early Tuesday morning during what at first seemed to be a routine fire drill.
鈥淚t was devastating for all of us to come down and see this today,鈥 said Stacey Pommells, who has lived in the rental聽building in Weston聽for 13 years. 鈥淚 was happy that no one was injured.鈥
The top of the truck can be seen above the sinkhole that opened in a laneway between two buildings on Weston Road, near St. Phillips Road, on Tuesday morning.
Stacey Pommells
The driver of the sewage truck, which was in the laneway beside the apartment building聽on Weston Road near St. Phillips Road聽to service a port-a-potty, was able to escape from the truck.
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Greenwin, which manages the building, said in an email that a section of the laneway above the underground parking garage had given way.
A woman at the scene said her green truck, visible in the underground parking lot through the large hole in the laneway’s pavement, had been slightly damaged by falling rubble.
鈥淓mergency services were immediately on-site and responded swiftly,鈥 said Greenwin. 鈥淔ollowing their assessment, the affected areas have been safely secured and closed off. We can confirm that there were no injuries to residents or personnel.聽Our team is also on-site, co-ordinating with all relevant parties.鈥
Work crews at the scene of a tanker truck caught in large sinkhole in the Weston neighbourhood in North York on Tuesday.
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Weston Road was blocked off for hours to accommodate a large tow truck brought in to pull the truck out of the hole. The truck was removed by 3 p.m.
It was the second large sinkhole to open in the city within a week after a massive crater, caused by a water main break, shut down the intersection of Coxwell and Cosburn avenues early on Aug. 28. The East York sinkhole caused flooding to nearby homes and damage to the roads. The intersection reopened three days later after emergency repairs.
At the Etobicoke location, residents remain in the building and all 鈥渆ssential services continue to operate without disruption,鈥 said Greenwin.
鈥淪afety remains our utmost priority,鈥 said Greenwin in the email. 鈥淢anagement is closely monitoring the situation and working diligently to ensure a prompt and comprehensive resolution. We will provide updates as more information becomes available.鈥
Patty Winsa is a 色色啦-based business reporter for the Star.
Reach her via email: pwinsa@thestar.ca.
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