Meridian: Large sinkhole swallows several vehicles in IHOP parking lot
MERIDIAN, MS (Mississippi News Now) -
Meridian emergency responders are on the scene of a large sinkhole that has developed in the parking lot of the new IHOP restaurant on Frontage Road in Meridian.
WTOK says officials were called out to the scene about 7:15 p.m. Saturday and officials have said an estimated 15 vehicles were swallowed by the sinkhole. It is not believed anyone was inside the vehicles.
WTOK reports, the cause of the sinkhole is not known at this time, but the city has received 3 inches of rain this weekend, and nearly 10 in the last two weeks.
The IHOP restaurant just opened earlier this week.