‘I’m glad I wasn’t standing there’: Ground gives way in Whitefish Bay [Video]

A sinkhole swallowed up part of the sidewalk on a busy trail right near Lake Michigan. The ground gave way around 9 a.m. Sunday morning near the entrance of Big Bay Park in Whitefish Bay. Officials say nobody was injured. “It looks like it’s the size of a car,” Jeff Aikin, who lives nearby, said. Workers put up a big metal fence Monday to keep onlookers a safe distance back from the sinkhole.”I use that sidewalk every day,” Aikin said. “I’m glad I wasn’t standing there.”WISN 12 News spoke with nearby residents, all of whom remarked about how often they use the exact trail, now about 20 feet underground. “I could not believe that that’s where my husband and I walk every single day,” Jane Collins said. Matthew Collins, the director of Public Works for the Village of Whitefish Bay blames a 90-year-old storm sewer. A burst pipe underground caused …