Hole swallows car in Palm Harbor driveway; Bronco spared

Woman's car falls into driveway depression, Bronco spared

'You never think it’s going to happen to you and then all of the sudden it happens,' said the woman who lives there. 'Friday the 13th.'

PALM HARBOR, Fla. - A wrecker removed two vehicles from this sink hole late Friday after a very long day for Sandy Downey and her husband Rodney.

"You never think it’s going to happen to you then, all of a sudden, it happens! Friday the 13th," Sandy said.

Her day started at 6:45 to the sound of neighbors banging on her door.

"At first, I thought my husband had a flat tire when I came down and walked the steps and saw my car in the ditch… hole," Sandy said with a sigh.

Palm Harbor owner finds car partially inside hole

The view from SkyFOX shows a hole in front of a Palm Harbor home that partially swallowed a vehicle.

Palm Harbor Fire Rescue arrived a few minutes later and told her and her neighbors to pack up and leave until they could determine the severity of the situation.

The 10-foot-by-10-foot hole formed under the driveway of their home along Ulelah Avenue off U.S. 19.

The view from SkyFOX showed a sedan nose-first in the hole, while an SUV was also teetering on the edge.

FOX 13 viewer photo

"We’ve been fortunate enough to have good neighbors, about 20-25 of them came here and asked, ‘Is there anything you can do, do you need a place to stay?’" Rodney said.

Knowing no one was hurt, and that their Bronco was pulled out with little damage, the same neighbors who offered them a place to stay were there to pour them a drink.