A 40feet wide and at least 25feet deep sinkhole opened up inside the National Corvette Museum in Bowling Green, KY at 5:44AM local time on Wednesday Feb. 12th. Eight vintage cars were heavily damaged, as they were swallowed by the sinkhole. Watch the incident as it was recorded by the facility's security camera as well as the interior of the sinkhole as it was recorded by a helicopter drone!
The huge sinkhole developed at the Museum's yellow Sky Dome wing, affecting eight vintage Corvettes. Two of them belonged to General Motors and 6 of the cars were donated from private collectors. Actually, Kevin and Linda Helmintoller donated a red 2001 Mallett Hammer Conversion Z06 Corvette only six weeks before this devastating incident. The sinkhole digested their gem before they even had a chance to visit her at the museum. Even though, there is no official estimate of the damage cost, according to museum's executive director Wendell Strode the expense is likely to reach $1 million.
The reasons behind the collapse remain to be explored, but the karst conditions frequently encountered at the carbonate bedrock in the area of Kentucky may be the main suspect. According to James Currens, a hydrologist with the Kentucky Geological Survey, "The ground beneath Bowling Green and the surrounding region is permeated by caves, sinking streams and springs" as a result of limestone erosion. His estimate is based on a relevant report on the local geological conditions his office published more than a decade ago.
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