Eight vintage Corvettes swallowed by 40-foot sinkhole inside National Corvette Museum

by Laura Domela

A sinkhole reportedly opened up inside the National Corvette Museum in Bowling Green, KY at around 5:44AM local time, swallowing eight vintage Corvettes that were on display. The sinkhole is reportedly about 40 feet wide and at least 25 feet deep. No one has been hurt.

The Bowling Green fire department was on the scene right away and geologists from Western Kentucky University have been called to investigate. Much of the western Kentucky region is underlain by karst, limestone that has been eroded to produce springs, sinking streams, caves, and sinkholes.
via The Verge

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Eight vintage Corvettes swallowed by 40-foot sinkhole inside National Corvette Museum

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