Truck stuck in sinkhole beside Toronto apartment building
The truck went to unload a portable restroom beside an apartment building on Weston Road near St. Phillips Road, when it fell through the driveway into a parking garage below, according to Toronto Fire Platoon Chief Thomas Verhaeghe.
Toronto Fire Services was called to the scene shortly after 8 a.m. The truck was pulled out of the sinkhole hours later.
No one was injured, the driver escaped and no vehicles in the parking garage were damaged.
"You don't see this everyday," Verhaeghe said.
"It is a parking garage. There could've been people walking to their cars, or driving underneath."
The collapse triggered the building's fire alarm, which resulted in many of the residents leaving their units temporarily.
Paul Pinnock, a resident, said the sight of the truck in the sinkhole was shocking.
"I just heard the fire alarm go off, and I came downstairs and I saw that," Pinnock said. "I've never seen something like that."
There were concerns that the collapse may have damaged the structure of the building, but that was quickly ruled out.
Verhaeghe added, "We had City of Toronto engineers inspect it, and there's no concern for the building."
Now that the sanitation truck is out of the sinkhole, it's up to the owner to make repairs, according to Verhaeghe. The cost of the damage has not yet been determined.
Such sinkholes don't happen for no reason.