HANOVER TWP., NORTHAMPTON COUNTY, Pa. — Several residents have been evacuated in Hanover Township due to a reported sinkhole.
Northampton County Dispatch confirmed the call came into the center around 4:11 p.m. Wednesday. Six homes on the 1100 block of Brentwood Avenue were evacuated.
Posts online depict a parked vehicle partially sunk into a driveway. The sinkhole had not opened up and broken blacktop.
The dispatch center could not confirm if the sinkhole was due to a water main break, but did say the situation "is now under the jurisdiction of the City of Bethlehem water authority and they are on scene now dealing with it."
LehighValleyNews.com reached out to the City of Bethlehem service center Wednesday evening for an update.