Omaha women’s basketball players help driver trapped in sinkhole
By Madison Perales & Jake Anderson
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OMAHA, Nebraska (KETV) — Two Mavericks helped get one of the drivers out of a sinkhole after a road collapsed in Omaha.
Jordan Sarnoff, University of Nebraska Omaha’s assistant athletic director, said two women’s basketball players were bystanders to the sinkhole on 67th and Pacific streets.
Video captures moment when road ‘collapses’ leaving two vehicles stuck
In a post on social media, Sarnoff said he was proud of “Olivia Borsutzki and Esra Kurban for stepping up in a critical moment.”
Sarnoff said they “didn’t hesitate.”
Video shows people helping one of the drivers out of their vehicle.
Sarnoff confirmed to KETV that Borsutzki helped the driver of the red Jeep, Jonathan Inman, out of the sinkhole.
Inman told KETV that he’s grateful to the nearby drivers who came running to help.
“I couldn’t pull myself out because there was nothing to step on, just based on the height of it. So thankfully, those bystanders were there to help pull me out,” Inman said.
When officers arrived, the drivers were out of their vehicles, authorities said. No one was injured.
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