{"id":2284856,"date":"2024-06-27T18:56:59","date_gmt":"2024-06-27T22:56:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/harrowing-video-light-post-swallowed-whole-as-giant-sinkhole-opens-up-on-u-s-soccer-field\/"},"modified":"2024-06-27T19:02:24","modified_gmt":"2024-06-27T23:02:24","slug":"harrowing-video-light-post-swallowed-whole-as-giant-sinkhole-opens-up-on-u-s-soccer-field","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/harrowing-video-light-post-swallowed-whole-as-giant-sinkhole-opens-up-on-u-s-soccer-field\/","title":{"rendered":"Harrowing Video: Light Post Swallowed Whole as Giant Sinkhole Opens Up on U.S. Soccer Field"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fharrowing-video-light-post-swallowed-whole-as-giant-sinkhole-opens-up-on-u-s-soccer-field%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2284856&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A sinkhole\u2064 in Alton, Illinois caused a\u2064 section of \u2064a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/morning-wire-afghanistan-falls-to-the-taliban-massive-earthquake-devastates-haiti-teachers-union-sues-parent-over-crt\/\" title=\"Morning Wire: Afghanistan Falls To The Taliban, Massive Earthquake Devastates Haiti, Teachers Union Sues Parent Over \u2018CRT\u2019\">soccer field<\/a> at Gordon F. \u2062Moore Community Park to collapse, including\u2063 swallowing a large \u2062light pole. This dramatic event was captured by a security camera and occurred on \u200ca Wednesday morning\u200d without resulting in any injuries. The incident is attributed\u2064 to quarrying activities at a depth of 150 feet below\u2064 the park, conducted by New Frontier \u200cMaterials, which is now collaborating with the city to address\u200b and repair the \u2064damage. The park remains open except for the \u2062areas around the affected soccer field. Further assessments are ongoing\u200b to ensure that\u2062 no additional areas of the\u200c park\u2064 are at risk. Concerns and details about the sinkhole and its implications are still under investigation, \u2063but immediate steps have been taken to secure the area\u2063 and prevent\u2062 public\u200c access.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<header> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/news\/\">  News <\/a>  <\/p>\n<h2>Watch: Sinkhole Annihilates U.S. Soccer Field, Light Post Completely Swallowed Up<\/h2>\n<p> <span> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/johnathanjones\/\">  <\/a> <\/p>\n<p> <span>   By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/johnathanjones\/%20\"><span>Johnathan Jones<\/span><\/a> <\/span> <span>   June 27, 2024 at 1:31pm <\/span> <\/span>  <\/header>\n<section>\n<p>A soccer field in an Illinois city was partially swallowed up by a sinkhole earlier this week and the harrowing moment was caught on camera.<\/p>\n<p>Not only did a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/section-of-calif-highway-1-collapses-following-torrential-rainstorm\/\" title=\"Section of Calif. Highway 1 collapses following torrential rainstorm\">massive section<\/a> of the field at a city park in the city of Alton collapse but a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tom-holland-shares-spider-man-no-way-home-experience-with-hero-boy-who-saved-his-sister-from-attacking-dog\/\" title=\"Tom Holland Shares \u2018Spider-Man: No Way Home\u2019 Experience With Hero Boy Who Saved His Sister From Attacking Dog\">light post<\/a> that had been installed in the center of the field was taken by the earth.<\/p>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/security-camera-video-shows-top-rapper-savagely-abusing-former-girlfriend\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">security camera<\/a> at the Gordon F. Moore Community Park caught the moment the ground gave way on Wednesday morning at around 8:30 a.m.:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">ALTON SINKHOLE \u2014 Security video from Gordon F. Moore Community Park shows a sinkhole open up at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/i-am-sorry-ontario-premier-doug-ford-tearfully-apologizes-after-draconian-lockdown-order-prompts-fierce-backlash\/\" title=\"\u2018I Am Sorry\u2019: Ontario Premier Doug Ford Tearfully Apologizes After Draconian Lockdown Order Prompts Fierce Backlash\">soccer fields<\/a> and swallow a massive light pole.<\/p>\n<p>The sinkhole opened Wednesday morning. No injuries were reported. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/JLxV0CK5b8\">pic.twitter.com\/JLxV0CK5b8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Joe Millitzer (@jmillitzer) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jmillitzer\/status\/1806047037068345727?\">June 26, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>No injuries were reported in the incident, which is being blamed on mining operations that were taking place beneath the field.<\/p>\n<p>Workers from a nearby quarry had been digging beneath the park, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/fox2now.com\/news\/illinois\/video-sinkhole-at-gordon-moore-park-swallows-light-pole\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">KTVI-TV<\/a> in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/blonde-beauty-run-dragged-car-horrific-st-louis-hit-run-shooting\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">St. Louis<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>New Frontier Materials, which operates the quarry, told the outlet it had dispatched engineers to assess the sinkhole and to determine the best solution for repairing the now-useless field.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe will work with the city to remediate this issue as quickly and safely as possible to ensure minimal impact on the community,\u201d company spokesman Matt Barkett said.<\/p>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-container\">\n<p>Have you ever lost anything to a sinkhole?<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>It is unclear if there is any further danger but the field is closed and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/louisville-police-chief-charged-scottie-scheffler-resigns-new-controversy-comes-light\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">police<\/a> are posted up at the park to ensure no one wanders into the massive hole \u2013 which is estimated to be roughly 100 feet wide and at least 50 feet deep.<\/p>\n<p>Per KTVI, the mine beneath the field was at a depth of 150 feet.<\/p>\n<p>A stunning drone video taken from above the sinkhole has gone viral on social media:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">MASSIVE SINKHOLE: A massive sinkhole suddenly emerged in the heart of an Illinois soccer field.<\/p>\n<p>Drone video showed the substantial hole, approximately 100 feet wide, in the turf at Gordon Moore Park in Alton, IL: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/GjSlUFfX07\">https:\/\/t.co\/GjSlUFfX07<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/20DWact0K5\">pic.twitter.com\/20DWact0K5<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 FOX Weather (@foxweather) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/foxweather\/status\/1806362940284530971?\">June 27, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Michael Haynes, Alton\u2019s director of Parks &#038; Recreation, spoke to KTVI about the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/video-amazon-delivery-driver-falls-13-feet-septic-sinkhole-walls-keep-crumbling-around\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">sinkhole<\/a> and said it had been determined that the rest of the park was safe to use.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe rest of the park is open,\u201d Haynes stated.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJust not the parking lots around the soccer field. The rest of the ball diamonds and golf course will remain open,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>As for the moment the hole opened up Haynes said, \u201cAt the surface, it was all at once.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He concluded, \u201cIt all went. Actually, one of our lights was in the middle and it\u2019s all gone.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Alton is located on the east side of the Mississippi River just a few miles northeast of the St. Louis metro area.<\/p>\n<p>The city is home to an estimated 25,000 people.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<div>\n<p><b><i>A Note from Our Deputy Managing Editor:<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><i><span>\u201cWe don\u2019t even know if an election will be held in 2024.\u201d Those 12 words have been stuck in my head since I first read them. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Former Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn recently made that comment to Floyd Brown, founder of The Western Journal. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>And if the leftists and the elites get their way, that\u2019s exactly what will happen \u2014 no real election, no real choice for the Electoral College, and no real say for the American people. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>The Western Journal is fighting to keep that from happening, but we can\u2019t do it alone.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>We work tirelessly to expose the lying leftist media and the corrupt America-hating elites.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>But Big Tech\u2019s stranglehold is now so tight that <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/donate\/?hosted_button_id=BM6XAWRJ8NS7A&#038;utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><i><span>without help<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>  from you, we will not be able to continue the fight. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>The 2024 election is literally the most important election for every living American. We have to unite and fight for our country, otherwise we will lose it. And if we lose the America we love in 2024, we\u2019ll lose it for good. Can we <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/donate\/?hosted_button_id=BM6XAWRJ8NS7A&#038;utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><i><span>count on you<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>  to help? <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>With you we will be able to field journalists, do more investigative work, expose more corruption, and get desperately needed truth to millions of Americans. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>We can do this only with your help. Please don\u2019t wait one minute.<\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/donate\/?hosted_button_id=BM6XAWRJ8NS7A&#038;utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><i><span>  Donate right now<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Thank you for reading,<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Josh Manning<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Deputy Managing Editor<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>P.S. Please <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/donate\/?hosted_button_id=BM6XAWRJ8NS7A&#038;utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><i><span>stand with us<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>  today.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"author-info-44767\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/johnathanjones\/\">  <\/a> <\/p>\n<div>\n<p><label for=\"summary-tab-radio-44767\">Summary<\/label><label for=\"more-info-tab-radio-44767\">More<span> Biographical Information<\/span><\/label><label for=\"posts-tab-radio-44767\">Recent<span> Posts<\/span><\/label><label for=\"contact-tab-radio-44767\" onclick=\"if( typeof grecaptcha=='undefined' ) { let cap_s=document.createElement( 'script' ); cap_s.src='https:\/\/www.google.com\/recaptcha\/api.js?render=6LeJFcsUAAAAAPsIEqvB1EebWbZfqRUe6ebMpGy7'; document.body.appendChild( cap_s ); }\">Contact<\/label><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Johnathan Jones has worked as a reporter, an editor, and producer in radio, television and digital media.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>  Johnathan &#8220;Kipp&#8221; Jones has worked as an editor and producer in radio and television. He is a proud husband and father. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News Watch: A sinkhole devoured part of a soccer field in Illinois, capturing a light post in its depths. 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