--- title: Baltimore Sinkhole Swallows Cars in Street Collapse description: Baltimore street collapse swallows cars. canonical: https://time.com/85766/watch-a-street-collapse-swallow-an-entire-block-of-cars-in-baltimore/ author: Olivia B. Waxman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-05-02T15:08:58.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:09:21.616Z og:title: WATCH: Baltimore Street Collapse Swallows a Block of Cars og:description: Chilling video. og:url: https://time.com/85766/watch-a-street-collapse-swallow-an-entire-block-of-cars-in-baltimore/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3621f02ad32fec31/69868d8f13c79f317f191e9c/aptopix-baltimore-str.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: APTOPIX-Baltimore-Str og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: WATCH: Baltimore Street Collapse Swallows a Block of Cars twitter:description: Chilling video. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3621f02ad32fec31/69868d8f13c79f317f191e9c/aptopix-baltimore-str.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Watch a Street Collapse Swallow an Entire Block of Cars in Baltimore  by [Olivia B. Waxman](https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Staff Writer May 2, 2014 3:08 PM UTC  Cars sit on the edge of a sinkhole in the Charles Village neighborhood of Baltimore, April 30, 2014, as heavy rain moves through the region. Cars sit on the edge of a sinkhole in the Charles Village neighborhood of Baltimore, April 30, 2014, as heavy rain moves through the region.AP  by [Olivia B. Waxman](https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Staff Writer May 2, 2014 3:08 PM UTC There was a harrowing scene in Baltimore Wednesday as a residential street collapsed. Cars slid onto railroad tracks, and several homes in the neighborhood had to be evacuated. There were no fatalities or injuries, Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings said that afternoon. Heavy rains have swept across Maryland this week, and residents [told WJZ-13](http://baltimore.cbslocal.com/2014/05/01/cleanup-begins-after-retaining-wall-collapse-swallows-several-cars-on-26th-street/) that they were relieved that children were not walking across the street at the time because the elementary school was closed that day. Jim Zitzer, a retired engineer who lives in the area, told [_The Baltimore Sun_](http://articles.baltimoresun.com/2014-05-01/news/bs-md-april-flooding-20140430%5F1%5Fcharles-street-charles-village-north-charles), “My wife and I haven’t been parking on that side of the street for years because we knew it was going to happen.” **WATCH:** [Sinkhole Swallows Smart Car](http://newsfeed.time.com/2013/09/17/sinkhole-swallows-smart-car/) **WATCH:** [Massive Sinkhole in Chicago Swallows 3 Cars](http://newsfeed.time.com/2013/04/18/watch-massive-sinkhole-in-chicago-swallows-three-cars/) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/85766/watch-a-street-collapse-swallow-an-entire-block-of-cars-in-baltimore/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/85766/watch-a-street-collapse-swallow-an-entire-block-of-cars-in-baltimore/"},"headline":"Watch a Street Collapse Swallow an Entire Block of Cars in Baltimore","datePublished":"2014-05-02T15:08:58.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:09:21.616Z","description":"No one was killed or injured","url":"https://time.com/85766/watch-a-street-collapse-swallow-an-entire-block-of-cars-in-baltimore/","keywords":["Newsfeed","nation"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3621f02ad32fec31/69868d8f13c79f317f191e9c/aptopix-baltimore-str.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Olivia B. 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