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Camp Pendleton Sinkhole Closes Road, Elementary School

A Camp Pendleton area school was closed for a second day Tuesday after a a sinkhole caused a road closure nearby. 

The sinkhole tore up part of the roadway on Carnes Road near Wire Mountain Road, Camp Pendleton said in a Facebook post at around 11 a.m.

Santa Margarita Elementary School released its student after the sinkhole was discovered, according to one parent who contacted NBC 7. 

A tweet from the school confirmed the school was closed on Tuesday. 

The Oceanside Unified School District and Camp Pendleton officials are responding to the scene.

No other information was available.

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