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New Mexico school bus drive over potential sinkhole

CARLSBAD, N.M. (AP) — A potential massive sinkhole worries some New Mexico parents whose kids ride the school bus. The Current-Argus reported (http://bit.ly/2pzlWaT ) last week that about half of Carlsbad school buses drive over the former I&W Brine Well, which was closed after the area was consider unstable. According to experts, the area could collapse as early as 2020. They say it could create a crater up to 300 feet (91 meters) deep and hundreds of feet wide. Experts predict the collapse could cause deaths. As of last week, school bus routes remain unchanged. Eddy County Emergency Services has partnered with other agencies to form a plan that would alert traffic of the danger hours before the collapse. Manager Jennifer Armendariz says the school district will be the first to be warned.