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TexasTowelie

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Fri Sep 23, 2016, 08:07 PM Sep 2016

Albany refuses to pay for man's SUV swallowed by sinkhole on city street [View all]



The City of Albany has refused to pay a man whose SUV sunk into the street when a sinkhole opened up beneath it last month.

WTEN-TV reported that Steeve Pierre hadn't planned to sue for damages because he assumed the city would replace his car.

The city denied his claim, however, saying they aren't liable for damages because there was no way of knowing the water main break and sewer collapse would happen when and where it did.

"I thought was kind of disheartening that yeah there was a water main break, but it was the sinkhole that brought my car under," Pierre told the station. "The car wasn't washed away, the street caved in."

Read more: http://www.syracuse.com/state/index.ssf/2016/09/albany_refuses_to_pay_for_mans_suv_swallowed_by_sinkhole_on_city_street.html
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