TAMPA, Florida- Jeff Bush is presumed dead after a sinkhole opened up under his bedroom in the US state of Florida and "swallowed" him, CNN reported on Friday.
The incident happened overnight in Brandon, a suburb of Tampa. Authorities called to the scene found the hole to be about 30 meters in diameter and were unable to make contact with the victim.
His 36-year-old's brother Jeremy Bush, heard screams and tried in vain to pull him out.
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Jeremy
Bush said he jumped into the hole but couldn't see his brother and had
to be rescued himself by a sheriff's deputy who reached out and pulled
him to safety as the ground crumbled around him. - See more at:
http://bostonherald.com/news_opinion/national/south/2013/03/fla_man_swallowed_by_sinkhole_presumed_dead#sthash.JKk0qLJ6.dpuf
Jeremy
Bush said he jumped into the hole but couldn't see his brother and had
to be rescued himself by a sheriff's deputy who reached out and pulled
him to safety as the ground crumbled around him. - See more at:
http://bostonherald.com/news_opinion/national/south/2013/03/fla_man_swallowed_by_sinkhole_presumed_dead#sthash.JKk0qLJ6.dpuf
Jeremy
Bush said he jumped into the hole but couldn't see his brother and had
to be rescued himself by a sheriff's deputy who reached out and pulled
him to safety as the ground crumbled around him. - See more at:
http://bostonherald.com/news_opinion/national/south/2013/03/fla_man_swallowed_by_sinkhole_presumed_dead#sthash.JKk0qLJ6.dpuf
Jeremy
Bush said he jumped into the hole but couldn't see his brother and had
to be rescued himself by a sheriff's deputy who reached out and pulled
him to safety as the ground crumbled around him. - See more at:
http://bostonherald.com/news_opinion/national/south/2013/03/fla_man_swallowed_by_sinkhole_presumed_dead#sthash.JKk0qLJ6.dpuf
"There is no evidence of him being alive," CNN quoted Jessica Damico, a spokeswoman for the Hillsborough County Fire Department, as saying.
She was quoted as saying the hole was still actively developing and was not man made. Authorities have evacuated the neighborhood as a precautionary measure.Source: Agency...More news on Boston Herald, Headline Pong(Sinkhole in Florida)
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