Sinkhole closes road in neighborhood near Lillington golf course
MOMENTS. AT LEAST 14 PEOPLE
AND ONE PET WERE SAFELY RESCUED
OVER THE LAST 24 HOURS. AND
TAKE A LOOK AT THIS FLOODING IN
HARNETT COUNTY, WHICH LEAD TO
THE EROSION OF THIS ROAD AND A
GIANT SINKHOLE FORMED RESIDENTS
WHO LIVE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD
DOWN KEEP PHILS ROAD IN
LILLINGTON WERE FORCED TO USE
GOLF CARTS TO GET IN AND OUT
WRAL'S GRACE HOLLAND HAS MORE
ON THE WORK TO FIX THIS ROAD.
>> THIS PLAY THAT I'M STANDING
ON HAS REPLACED THE SPOT WHERE
THAT SINKHOLE WAS. CREWS WORKED
FOR HOURS TODAY TO GET THIS
ONE-LANE BACK OPEN FOR TRAFFIC
TO BE ABLE TO PASS THROUGH
BEFORE THAT THIS GOLF COMMUNITY
WAS USING THEIR CARS TO GET
IN AND OUT OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD
>> IT MAY HAVE ALREADY PLAYED
THROUGH HARNETT COUNTY AS IT
CONTINUES ITS COURSE. NORTH
KOREA. BUT NEIGHBORS IN THIS
LILLINGTON GOLF COMMUNITY ARE
STILL FINDING HAZARDS FROM THE
STORM.
>> USUALLY COME FROM THE CAPE
FEAR ON THE HOUSES THAT ARE
ALONG THE CAPE FEAR RIVER DAM.
MATTHEW, IT CAME UP. I DIDN'T
LIVE HERE THEN, BUT IT CAME UP
TO THE DOORS TO THE GARAGE
DOORS.
>> ALYSSA SCOTT WATCHING THE
WATERS CREEP CLOSER TO HER
BACKYARD UNTIL THE RIVER
CRESTED EARLY FRIDAY MORNING.
THAT CHOOSY ABOUT A 20 FOOT
DROP BACK HERE.
>> SO OFF AND YOU CAN SEE
THEY'RE STILL A LITTLE BIT OF
RAIN FOR IT TO RICE. I'M NOT
TOO WORRIED ABOUT IT COMING IN
THE YARD OR THE HOUSE. BUT
YEAH, IT STILL IS A LITTLE BIT
CONCERNING. SHE ENDED UP IN THE
ROUGH AGAIN WHEN A SINKHOLE
DAMAGE THIS BRIDGE ON KEITH
HILLS ROAD COUNTY EMS WENT DOOR
TO DOOR LETTING PEOPLE KNOW
MY DAUGHTER HAD VOLLEYBALL
PRACTICE. IT WAS TRYING TO GET
HER TO PRACTICE AND WE COULDN'T
LEAVE. SO SO, YEAH. LIKE DROVE
UP ON IT. WE DID. YEAH. WHAT
WENT THROUGH YOUR HEAD WHEN YOU
SAW OFF LIKE, I DON'T KNOW WHAT
I'M GOING TO DO, TRYING TO GET
HER OR SHE NEEDS THESE HARD
ENOUGH ANYWAY. BUT WE ENDED UP
TAKING OUR GOLF CART UP TO THE
CLUBHOUSE. MY MOM MET US THERE
AND TOOK HER TO WORKED OUT
HOURS LATER. TRAFFIC STARTED
MOVING AGAIN IN ONE LANE WITH A
TEMPORARY FIX IN PLACE.
>> CREWS PLAN AGAIN WITH A
PERMANENT FIX BY TUESDAY IN