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Car enters roadwork excavation after passing closure sign in West Oak Lane
Surveillance footage shows a car driving past a road-closed sign and into a construction hole at 21st and Laveer streets. Police had not disclosed whether anyone was injured.
A car drove into a large excavation at a closed roadwork site in Philadelphia’s West Oak Lane neighborhood overnight Saturday, according to surveillance footage shared by Yusuf Tribble.
The footage shows the vehicle passing a road-closed sign near 21st and Laveer streets, entering the construction area and attempting to turn before it goes into the hole. The site was closed to traffic.
By Sunday, Oct. 18, red barriers had been placed around the excavation’s perimeter, and additional construction signs were visible.
Police had not said whether anyone was injured. The circumstances that led the driver to enter the closed work zone were not reported.