A Woodstock High School student driving home from school shortly before 1 p.m. lost control of his car on an icy part of Towne Lake Parkway.
The 1995 Mercedes-Benz C280 slid down a hill, jumped a curb and hit a fire hydrant, which began to spew water.
The driver, Alec Monroe, managed to get out of the car before a sinkhole formed. Within half an hour, the Mercedes was submerged.
Monroe said his mother's credit card, all his school supplies and his winter jacket were inside the car. Thankfully, he was not hurt.
The kid crashed into a fire hydrant, which broke and the ensuing flood weakened and eroded the soil on which the wrecked car was sitting, and the car sunk in the mud. Ever see how much water comes out of a busted hydrant? I have, because I have busted one before, and the mess is considerable because huge volumes of water come out at high velocity. Chicken Little has nothing on the SOTT sinkhole alarmists.