What This Story Is About
- Flooding creating issues for businesses and residents in Madison.
Why It Matters
- Witnesses say a car was stuck in a sinkhole on Pierce Road and had to be towed.
- NDOT closed parts of Pierce Road until they can make repairs.
For Context
- Madison residents say the area has flooded before but this is the worst they’ve seen.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) – Heavy rain moved through Madison Tuesday night, sending floodwaters across Gallatin Pike, trapping people inside a local restaurant and leaving behind a sinkhole on Pierce Road.
Water covered a portion of Gallatin Pike and poured into El Cubilete Spanish Restaurant, trapping people inside.
“With the time it got higher and higher — I guess there were people trapped — getting really nervous,” Carla Mendez a waitress at El Cubilete said…