Residents of one New Jersey town are dealing with a chaotic situation after a dump truck sent to repair a sinkhole was swallowed by another nearby collapse, trapping the vehicle and prompting a state of emergency locally.
The second collapse occurred Tuesday just before 1 p.m. at the intersection of Summit Avenue and Lewis Street in Phillipsburg, town officials told WFMZ. The intersection had already been closed following an earlier sinkhole that appeared Monday, around 20 feet away.
Authorities said the dump truck was delivering asphalt as part of authorized repair work when the ground gave way. The driver sustained minor injuries, WFMZ reports…