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WE'RE GOING TO HAVE MORE
COVERAGE.
FIRST, A PIECE OF
CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT CAUSED A
WATERMAIN BREAK ALONG PRINCESS
ANN ROAD.
WE HAVE THE LATEST.
Reporter: NICOLE OVER MY
SHOULDER YOU CAN SEE WHERE CREWS
ARE STILL HERE, BEEN HERE SINCE
THE WEE HOURS OF THE MORNING
REPAIRING THE DAMAGE.
THE ROAD NOW IS OPEN TO TRAFFIC
IN ALL FOUR LANES.
THIS IS WHERE CHRIS WORKS AS A
COOK.
BY THE TIME I GET TO WORK I
HAVE 15 MINUTES TO GET THINGS
Reporter: THAT'S BECAUSE
OVERNIGHT THIS EXCAVATOR PARKED
ON THE 5200 BLOCK OF PRINCESS
ANN ROAD SANK AFTER THE
WATERMAIN BROKE, UNDERMINING THE
SOIL UNDERNEATH.
AND IT WOULD EVENTUALLY REST ON
A NATURAL GAS LINE.
THAT EXCAVATOR, 68,000 POUNDS
LANDED ON A FOUR-INCH GAS MAIN.
THAT WAS EXPOSED THROUGH THE
LEAK.
SECURED, AND VIRGINIA NATURAL
LINE.
AS CREWS WORKED FOR HOURS,
THE ROAD WAS CLOSED TO TRAFFIC
FRUSTRATING DRIVERS.
AFTERNOON.
IT'S GOING TO AGGRAVATE A LOT
OF PEOPLE.
IT'S FRIDAY.
PEOPLE WANT TO GO HOME, GET OFF
WORK, GO OUT TO DINNER WITH
DRINK.
IT WILL CAUSE A LOT OF
ACCIDENTS.
ANOTHER.
THE COMPANY THAT OWNED THE
MACHINERY SAID THERE WAS NO WORK
GOING ON AT THE TIME, AND NO