Tough Break: Sinkhole swallows two cars in Omaha, drivers escape unharmed

On February 24 around 3:30 in the afternoon, a silver Dodge Ram pickup and a maroon Jeep were swallowed by a sinkhole on Pacific Street in Omaha’s Aksarben neighborhood.

The whole thing was caught on University of Nebraska-Omaha security cameras, and it is genuinely one of those videos you have to watch twice just to process what you are seeing.

Sinkhole swallows two cars in Omaha, drivers escape unharmed

University of Nebraska-Omaha Public Safety security cameras show the moment two vehicles fell into a sinkhole on Tuesday
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The good news is that both drivers got out. The pickup driver climbed out on his own, and bystanders sprinted over to help free the Jeep driver before emergency crews even arrived. Omaha Police praised the response, and rightfully so.

That is the kind of thing that restores a little faith. Random people on the street see something bad happen and immediately run toward it to help. Good on them.

As for what actually caused it, a water main break is the leading culprit, though there is apparently some debate among utility officials about whether the water main break caused the sinkhole or the sinkhole caused the water main break.

A classic chicken and egg situation, except the egg is a massive hole in the road that ate two cars. Road closures on Pacific Street are expected to last days, possibly weeks, while repairs are made.

Just a brutal situation for both drivers. You are sitting at a red light on a Tuesday afternoon and the ground just opens up underneath you.

A fender bender can ruin your week. A sinkhole is months of headaches.

Assuming they had comprehensive coverage, insurance should handle the vehicles since sinkholes fall under acts of nature. The messier conversation is whether the city bears any liability if it had prior knowledge of a hazard in the area.

If that is the road you go down, good luck getting anything out of a government entity in any reasonable timeframe. That process alone sounds like its own punishment.

Glad everyone made it out okay. The cars are a different story.

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