Sinkhole in Shenzhen swallows two vehicles
Updated:Sun, Aug 18, 2013 08:53 AM By Bernd Chang
Sinkhole happened in Shenzhen again. Two vehicles are swallowed by the sinkhole that is 6 meters in diameter and 5 meters deep.
On the morning of August 17th, a stretch of the pavement on Yankuilu road in the area of the bathing beach Xiaomeisha collapsed and the 5-meter-deep sinkhole swallowed two freighter vans.
What a world we live in when the ground beneath our feet might open up any moment and suck us under.
On the morning of August 17th, a stretch of Yankuilu road in the famous bathing beach Xiaomeisha region collapsed and swallowed two freighter vans. The sinkhole happened at around 6 am and has an diameter of around 6 meters, an area of about 30 square meters and is 5 meters deep.
Southern Metropolis Daily report says the drivers are luckily only lightly injured. The first freighter van carrying a truck of shrimps fell into the sinkhole at 6:15am. The driver climbed out, called the police and at around 6:50, he failed to stop another van, the driver of which did not notice the waving-hand warning because of the heavy rain.
Police and government officials came to the spot in the afternoon and dispatched a crane to lift up the vehicles. The sinkhole was cordoned off and repair of the road was started.
The report says local residents noted sand and m&d kept falling onto the playground of a tunnel right below the sinkhole three months ago and reported the sign of road collapse to the Shenzhen government but no remedy was made.
