• Photo
AP_sinkhole_20130302181801_JPG

(AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)

  • Latest News
No injury in crash involving ambulance
No injury in crash involving ambulance

No injuries were reported after an ambulance and a car crashed …

Deputy injured in crash recovering
Deputy injured in crash recovering

A Hancock County Sheriff's Deputy that was injured in a crash …

Two in critical condition after moped crash at 30th and Central
Two critically hurt after moped crash

Two people are in critical condition following a moped and …

Students compete at robotics contest
Students compete at robotics contest

Some of the best and brightest high school students are …

ISU opens interactive exhibit of the Bayh family
ISU opens exhibit of the Bayh family

A new interactive display that documents the lives and …

Advertisement

Rescuers end effort to find body in Fla. sinkhole

Updated: Saturday, 02 Mar 2013, 6:22 PM EST
Published : Saturday, 02 Mar 2013, 6:19 PM EST

SEFFNER, Fla. (AP) - Officials have called off the effort to recover the body of a man swallowed by a sinkhole below his Florida home.

Hillsborough County Administrator Mike Merrill said Saturday that they were ending the effort to find Jeff Bush's body.

Bush was in his bedroom Thursday night in his home about 15 miles east of Tampa when the earth opened and took him and everything else in his room. Five others in the house escape unharmed.

Merrill says officials planned to bring in heavy equipment on Sunday to begin demolishing the home.

He says "we're dealing with a very unusual sinkhole."

blog comments powered by Disqus
Advertisement
Advertisement

Advertisement

More on WISHTV.com