Sinkhole swallows 3 cars on Southeast Side

A sinkhole swallowed three cars in the South Deering neighborhood on Chicago’s Southeast Side early Thursday morning. One person was taken from the hole, at 9600 South Houston Avenue, to Northwestern Memorial Hospital in serious-to-critical condition, according to the Chicago Fire Department. The fire department responded to the scene around 5:30 a.m. when two cars were inside the hole. A third one slide into it after crews arrived.