IMAGES | Bunsen Way in Jeffersontown shut down after street collapses

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- A road in Jeffersontown has shut down after it collapsed Thursday morning.

According to a social media post by the Jeffersontown Police Department, Bunsen Way is closed in the 10200 block near Production Drive and Chenoweth Run Creek.

The collapse occurred at approximately 7 a.m. A dispatcher said a nearby business owner called police to report that the street was partially collapsed. According to the dispatcher, police who arrived on the scene said they witnessed the rest of the street collapsing.

"Mother nature will take its toll on everything over the years," said Victor Grant, assistant director of Jeffersontown Public Works.

Utility crews and public works were on the scene for hours Thursday trying to clean up the mess left behind.

Officials said the collapse occurred because a galvanized pipe that carries water from Chenoweth Creek under the road was full and old. When foliage and too much water clog the pipe, it forces the water into the dirt that separates the concrete and pipe.

"There's so much water pressure, and water, it doesn't take much to make dirt move, and it'll move," Grant said. "And once it finds a way to start washing its way through, if it ever gets just a little bit sifted through, it's gone. It'll wash it completely out, and it got through."

No one was hurt, and no vehicles were damaged, according to the dispatcher.

An image posted by the police department shows a massive hole in the road where the street collapsed and a large stream of water can be seen rushing beneath it.

No time frame has been given on when the road will be fixed.

"Once we get all that stabilized, we're meeting our vendors in the morning to get an idea of what we need to do to get it back in," Grant said.