West Knox sinkhole swallows a tree
September 6, 2013 at 10:33 p.m.
| Updated September 6, 2013 at 10:33 p.m.
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The Knoxville News Sentinel
Utility workers work to reconnect a water pipe in the frontyard of a home in the affluent Gettysvue subdivision of Knoxville on Friday, Sept. 6, 2013, after a sinkhole opened beneath its driveway the previous evening. (ADAM LAU/NEWS SENTINEL)
KNOXVILLE - Knox County crews have closed a portion of Polo Club Drive in West Knox County following discovery of a sinkhole at a residence.
The sinkhole is located right beside the house and actually swallowed a tree when it opened up, said Jim Snowden, deputy director of the Knox County Department of Engineering and Public Works.
The sinkhole is about 15-by-20-feet wide, he said.
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