A Maui Bus found itself in a dangerous scenario on a recent afternoon in Kahului when its back tires became trapped by a sinkhole beneath a pool of water. All of the passengers and the driver were able to safely escape the bus despite the possible threat, which happened on Wednesday at approximately 3:15 p.m. As the Maui County Department of Transportation gets ready to bid out the required road repairs, the sinkhole spot at Lono Avenue close to West Kamehameha Avenue has since been marked off.
By dark, the little, water-obscured sinkhole had grown to a large depression that was 15 by 30 feet wide and 5 feet deep. The County Department of Water Supply (DWS) ascribed this increase to both water pressure and subsequent excavation activities. It has been discovered that an old 12-inch watermain broke, causing the sinkhole. For repairs, which DWS affirms were successful, the road was thereafter stopped from roughly 3:30 p.m. to 11:30 p.m. and the local water supply was cut off from 3:30 to 10 p.m.
Following this occurrence, DWS officials have used the opportunity to warn against driving through pools of water, which might hide dangers like this during floods, infrastructure problems, or water outages. Remarkably, the bus was still functional enough to be driven to the Roberts Hawai I base yard after D&D Towing retrieved it from the sinkhole. Before it is authorized to resume service, modest repairs are anticipated.
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