A water main break in Boston flooded streets early Tuesday and left one vehicle stuck in a sinkhole. The break happened in the city's South End at 791 Tremont St. near Massachusetts Avenue.Sign up for our NewslettersVideo from the scene showed debris littering the roadway and the back of a parked vehicle in a sinkhole.

A severe water main break in Boston disrupts commutes and damages a vehicle in the South End and Roxbury neighborhoods.

BOSTON — A major water main break in a busy section of Boston swallowed part of a vehicle and left the roadway impassable early Tuesday morning. The break sent water rushing down Tremont Street in the area of Northampton and Lenox streets in the South End, causing significant damage.

One car went in a sinkhole and another was towed to clear the area,” BWSC spokesperson Stephen Mulloney said. “The street has buckled” and there’s a block on Tremont Street that is “not passable for cars.