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Photos: Small sinkhole traps oil delivery truck in Bow

  • Employees from Rymes Propane & Oil are seen through a window emptying oil from one of the company trucks that got stuck in a sinkhole as it was making a delivery to a home on Route 3A in Bow on Nov. 29, 2012. The Bow Fire Daprtment responded to the scene as a precaution against a potential hazardous material situation. <br/><br/>(SAMANTHA GORESH / Monitor staff)

    Employees from Rymes Propane & Oil are seen through a window emptying oil from one of the company trucks that got stuck in a sinkhole as it was making a delivery to a home on Route 3A in Bow on Nov. 29, 2012. The Bow Fire Daprtment responded to the scene as a precaution against a potential hazardous material situation.

    (SAMANTHA GORESH / Monitor staff) Purchase photo reprints at PhotoExtra »

  • Bryant Engower stands over the sinkhole in his friend's driveway that trapped the back wheel of a truck making a heating oil delivery the morning of Nov. 29, 2012, in Bow. Engover was at the house to wait for the oil delivery as a favor to his friend who was at work at the time. The hole, about four feet deep, revealed sewage after the truck was released. <br/><br/>(SAMANTHA GORESH / Monitor staff)

    Bryant Engower stands over the sinkhole in his friend's driveway that trapped the back wheel of a truck making a heating oil delivery the morning of Nov. 29, 2012, in Bow. Engover was at the house to wait for the oil delivery as a favor to his friend who was at work at the time. The hole, about four feet deep, revealed sewage after the truck was released.

    (SAMANTHA GORESH / Monitor staff) Purchase photo reprints at PhotoExtra »

  • Purchase photo reprints at PhotoExtra »

  • Employees from Rymes Propane & Oil are seen through a window emptying oil from one of the company trucks that got stuck in a sinkhole as it was making a delivery to a home on Route 3A in Bow on Nov. 29, 2012. The Bow Fire Daprtment responded to the scene as a precaution against a potential hazardous material situation. <br/><br/>(SAMANTHA GORESH / Monitor staff)
  • Bryant Engower stands over the sinkhole in his friend's driveway that trapped the back wheel of a truck making a heating oil delivery the morning of Nov. 29, 2012, in Bow. Engover was at the house to wait for the oil delivery as a favor to his friend who was at work at the time. The hole, about four feet deep, revealed sewage after the truck was released. <br/><br/>(SAMANTHA GORESH / Monitor staff)

By SAMANTHA GORESH

Monitor staff

Thursday, November 29, 2012
(Published in print: Friday, November 30, 2012)

The Bow Fire Department responded to a call yesterday that an oil delivery truck was trapped in a sinkhole while making a delivery to a home on Route 3A in Bow. John’s Wrecker Service used air bags to lift the truck up and tow it out of the hole. The fire department stayed as a precaution against a potential hazardous material situation.

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