Sinkhole wreaks havoc in PJ


Hole in the road: Air Selangor personnel repairing the leak in the underground pipe.

PETALING JAYA: A burst underground pipe along Jalan Universiti here caused a sinkhole large enough to fit a car, back up traffic and cut off water supply.

Water flowed across the road from the damaged outlet yesterday morning creating the sinkhole, which “swallowed” a car.

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