Crews close the Spring River sinkhole. Andrew Jansen, News-Leader
A large track hoe was used to collapse the roof of a sinkhole in the Spring River Thursday where a whirlpool claimed the life of a kayak paddler on June 9.
The structure fell into itself, resolving the water hazard that had been created by erosion, according to the Arkansas Commissioner of State Lands.
The Commissioner of State Lands office, alongside the Attorney General’s office, Game and Fish Commission, Geological Survey, the Department of Transportation, Department of Parks and Tourism, Fulton County Sheriff Albert Roork and Fulton County Judge Darrell Zimmer, as well as local landowners and volunteers, completed work to close the sinkhole, located south of Mammoth Springs, Arkansas.