Underground rupture causes road closures An underground...

Underground rupture causes road closures

An underground water vein ruptured in Newport Coast early Sunday,

causing northbound lanes of Newport Coast Drive between San Joaquin

Hills Road and the Corona del Mar Freeway to be closed.

According to Sgt. Mark Everton of the Newport Beach Police

Department, a large sinkhole is forming, and the Irvine Ranch Water

District won’t be able to start fixing it until this morning. Their

preliminary assessment was that the road will be closed at least

until Tuesday night, he said. The sinkhole is near Sage Hill High

School, which is closed for spring break this week.