Charleston Water Main Break: Bones Found

CHARLESTON, SC — Workers found bones that were exposed after a water main broke in Charleston.

Officers couldn't immediately determine if the bones were from a human or an animal, police spokesman Charles Francis said.

The water main broke Wednesday afternoon in a residential area of downtown Charleston near Colonial Lake, Francis said. The roadway over the line collapsed and an intersection had to close.

The coroner's office has been called to help investigate, police said in a news release. (For more information on this and other neighborhood stories, subscribe to Patch to receive daily newsletters and breaking news alerts. If you have an iPhone, click here to get the free Patch iPhone app.)

Broken water main at Rutledge and Beaufain not a ruptured sewer line as reported earlier per CPW.
— Charleston P.D. (@CharlestonPD) August 2, 2017

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