Thursday 13 February 2014

Of All The Places A Sinkhole Can Open Up And Swallow Cars,

it had to be in the National Corvette Museum?



Western Kentucky is full of underground holes, this morning another one was born, right under eight rare 'Vettes owned by the museum and two on loan from General Motors, 


Bowling Green city spokeswoman Kim Lancaster said the hole opened up at about 5:40 a.m. CST Wednesday, setting off an alarm and a call to the fire department, Frassinelli said no one was in the museum at the time. the fire department estimated the hole is about 40 feet across and 25 to 30 feet deep, 

eight Corvettes were affected by this incident, those cars include:
  • 1993 ZR-1 Spyder on loan from General Motors
  • 2009 ZR1 “Blue Devil” on loan from General Motors
the other six vehicles were owned by the National Corvette Museum including:
  • 1962 Black Corvette
  • 1984 PPG Pace Car
  • 1992 White 1 Millionth Corvette
  • 1993 Ruby Red 40th Anniversary Corvette
  • 2001 Mallett Hammer Z06 Corvette
  • 2009 White 1.5 Millionth Corvette
as mentioned before, no one was injured.

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