New Orleans East sink hole prompts city response after a woman’s car was stuck for hours

On Monday, Beverly Goodwill, of New Orleans East, was driving back home to deliver her husband a bag of ice, but was interrupted by a terrifying commute over Winchester Park Drive.

“All of a sudden, the car rocked, and it went backwards,” Goodwill, 77, said. “I didn’t understand what was happening, and when I got out, I saw it: the car was in the hole.”

Despite living about 10 minutes away from the scene, Goodwill was stuck waiting for a tow truck for about four hours…

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