Elephant-sized sinkhole on Yonge St. north of York Mills

by The Bulldog • January 10, 2018

Massive sinkhole has closed two right lanes of southbound Yonge Street just south of the 401 near York Mills, causing major traffic delays pic.twitter.com/HXd8GCwRQW

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