Car crash causes sinkhole in Shelby Township
A car drove off the paved surface on Schoenherr Road, between 21 Mile and 22 Mile roads, and hit a fire hydrant, which led to this sinkhole opening up and destroying part of Schoenherr Road Dec. 16.
Photo provided by Rick Stathakis
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SHELBY TOWNSHIP Both directions of Schoenherr Road were closed Dec. 16 and Dec. 17 between 21 Mile and 22 Mile roads in Shelby Township for emergency road repairs after a vehicle crashed into a fire hydrant and caused a sinkhole.
A portion of the road collapsed into the sinkhole. The road remained closed into the morning Dec. 17 while road crews worked to complete a temporary repair.