LAKEVIEW — One person was hurt early Monday when a Jeep fell in a sinkhole in the middle of water main construction on Broadway.
The car fell in the hole around 4 a.m., driver Jeffery Garcia told NBC5 Chicago.
"We were just having a good night, and all of a sudden, my car just sunk," Garcia said. "The road sunk underneath it, and we were in a puddle. My friend's head hit the windshield."
Broadway was closed as crews repaired the street Monday morning. Around 10 a.m., traffic was restricted to one lane.
A sewer collapse caused the sinkhole, according to the city's Department of Water Management. The department dispatched a second crew to assist with repairs as water main construction continued.
The sinkhole appeared near 3411 N. Broadway, right in the middle of a massive water and sewer main replacement project that has kicked up clouds of construction dust in the last five months.
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Merchants and residents said crews aren't doing enough to mitigate the problem, which some said has caused them health issues.
A few have even taken to wearing face masks on Broadway to limit the amount of dusty air they breathe in.
