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Monday, February 24, 2014

A school bus carrying nine students with disabilities got stuck in a massive sinkhole in Washington Heights that residents say has been wreaking havoc on cars for years. Nobody was injured in the accident, which occurred on W. 164th St. between Broadway and St. Nicholas Ave. after a water main ruptured, an Education Department spokeswoman said. A witness saw the bus moments after the sinkhole devoured the left rear wheels of the 10,000-pound vehicle around 8 a.m. Tuesday. “He (the driver) couldn’t move.