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Sinkhole swallows car in downtown St. Louis

ST. LOUIS -- A sinkhole has opened up and swallowed a car in downtown St. Louis. 

There have been no injuries reported resulting from the sinkhole that appeared shortly before 7 a.m. Thursday. 

Aerial TV footage shows the white car on its side in the hole, with water gushing from a below-ground pipe. 

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Aerial footage of a sinkhole that swallowed a car in St. Louis. KMOV

The car's owners told CBS affiliate KMOV-TV that they were returning from a gym when they found their car in the crater. A crane will be used to remove the vehicle sometime Thursday.

It isn't immediately clear what caused the collapse.

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