PENN HILLS, Pa. — (WPXI) – The parking lot looks like it broke in half right in front of a Penn Hills apartment building, leaving over a dozen cars in a giant hole and nearly 50 people displaced.“It looked like it split straight down the middle in sort of a V-formation the whole 50 yards,” said Ronald Como, Penn Hills police chief. Como says the Frankstown Road parking lot dropped between 15 to 20 feet shortly before 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday. “When emergency vehicles responded, there was a female in a car,” Como said. That person was Alex Bowens. “I was backing up to park and I heard a noise,” she said. “I paused for a minute because I thought it was loud thunder, or I ran over a grate that was messed up” In a split second, Bowens and her car fell. “Stuff was going into my car and eyes,” she said. Bowens got out with the help of a police office and is doing OK, but her car was not so lucky. Now Bowens and nearly 50 others are displaced “What am I going to do without my house?,” she asked. “At least I still have a job.” The structural integrity of the building will also be checked before anyone is allowed back in, Como doesn’t have a timeline on how long that will take. The cause of the collapse is also under investigation. (PHOTO: WPXI)