Balfour Road in Northampton remains closed after the sinkhole opened up on Tuesday afternoon.
Urgent repairs are being carried out on a large sinkhole that has appeared in a residential streetOne resident said he believed the hole - thought to be 6ft deep - was caused by lorries ignoring a weight limit.David Phillips, who lives nearby, said: "The good news is that nobody was hurt in this incident the van driver, who avoided the hole as it appeared."
He said the road had been damaged by heavy lorries that drive down Balfour Road, despite a 7.5 tonne weight limit.He said: "The police officers who arrived promptly afterwards first responder from the council, Connor, are to be applauded for their warm, professional attitude throughout."An Anglian Water spokesperson said: “Our teams are investigating a sinkhole on Balfour Road in Kingsthorpe, at the junction with Brockton Street.
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