Overview
- A large sinkhole opened on Cumberland Road at Babcock Boulevard Sunday night, forcing authorities to close the roadway directly in front of UPMC Passavant.
- Emergency crews and township public works personnel immediately blocked the site with a wide perimeter of barricades and are assessing structural and utility damage.
- UPMC Passavant remains open and reachable through the Babcock Boulevard entrance and from the Peebles Road side so hospital operations and emergency access continue.
- Officials reported the sinkhole measures roughly 25 feet long and 12 feet wide, that it appeared to be growing after rain, and that a nearby deep manhole will factor into determining whether an underground pipe collapsed.
- Township leaders have not given a repair timeline because responsibility and the condition of buried pipes must be determined, and drivers should expect detours and delays while work is planned and contracted.