A steel plate covers up a hole on a Third Ward street where a neighbor stood into it to send a message to the city. ABC13 has now learned who may have caused the hazard.
Eyewitness News has learned contractor We Excavate Texas caused the Third Ward street hole that Ed Pettitt stood in, creating a viral following.A large hole in the ground in the 2800 block of Brailsfort Street in Third Ward has been temporarily repaired following a photo that shows a resident standing inside of the gaping hole.
The city said that company is ultimately responsible for properly restoring the pavement to its original condition, but Public Works crews were the ones who secured a steel plate over the hole Wednesday afternoon."I went into the hole, and I was up to my waist," Ed Pettitt, the Third Ward resident who posted that photo last weekend, said. "I'm 6 feet.""They said it had been like that for over a week," Pettitt said.
"I couldn't get out," Ron Emmanuel, who drove into the hole last Thursday, said. "I had to get my neighbor to push me out."
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