8 June 2016 / #Rideau Street Sinkhole 2016 Twitter has field day with #OttawaSinkHoleAfter a large sinkhole opened up on Rideau Street Wednesday morning, social media decided to have some fun.https://twitter.com/matthewfrench/status/740655638850719745https://twitter.com/JustMath19/status/740613926380023808https://twitter.com/ChrisSkinner_/status/740623071271256064https://twitter.com/srollin/status/740643346410917888https://twitter.com/John2Receiving/status/740658647026520064https://twitter.com/Jrockcalgary/status/740636940152672257https://twitter.com/mediastyle/status/740644708607725568https://twitter.com/SEANTHEBUSDRIVR/status/740644206067257344 ** A website was even launched to raise awareness about the incident. ** ** This video of a van falling into the hole went viral: ** https://twitter.com/_Sophster/status/740571099377848321The poor van became the butt of everybody’s jokes…https://twitter.com/_MarkSutcliffe/status/740627356834922496https://twitter.com/SarahZman/status/740624816009515009https://twitter.com/WorldOfTencraft/status/740625971464798208https://twitter.com/Russell_Baylis/status/740593587197509632https://twitter.com/todspe/status/740576496956375040 ** Both the van and the hole got their own Twitter accounts… ** https://twitter.com/ottawa_sinkhole/status/740593843163238400https://twitter.com/TheSinkholeVan/status/740598235497177088 ** And they had some beef: ** https://twitter.com/Rideau_Sinkhole/status/740596136772313089https://twitter.com/TheSinkholeVan/status/740596352556650496 ** The city is clearing the hole and will fill it with cement. Hopefully they’ll rescue the van. ** https://twitter.com/TheSinkholeVan/status/740678775323697152 ** The cause of the sinkhole is still under investigation. ** ….and one more from Justin Van Leeuwen