Search on for Pennsylvania grandma who may have fallen into sinkhole while looking for her cat
A search-and-rescue effort was underway in Pennsylvania on Tuesday after a grandmother searching for her cat appears to have plunged into a sinkhole that authorities said was at least 30 feet deep.
A search-and-rescue effort was underway in Pennsylvania on Tuesday after a grandmother searching for her cat appears to have plunged into a sinkhole that authorities said was at least 30 feet deep.
Elizabeth Pollard, 64, has not been heard from since Monday, when authorities believe she fell into the manhole-size opening in Unity Township, roughly 40 miles southeast of Pittsburgh, officials said at a news conference.
After they lowered rover and pole cameras into the former coal mine, authorities heard no sounds but saw what seemed to be a shoe, Pleasant Valley Volunteer Fire Chief John Bacha told reporters.
Rescue efforts continue for a 64-year-old woman who may have fallen into a sinkhole looking for her missing cat in Unity Township, Pa.Pennsylvania State Police“It’s a modern shoe — not something you’d find in a coal mine in Marguerite in 1940,” Bacha said, noting the area where the sinkhole was discovered.
He added that authorities are “fairly confident that we’re doing the right thing in the right place at this point.”
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