Sinkhole swallows car amid Sicily downpour

 
  

The sinkhole opened up on a road near Catania. Photo: Vigili del Fuoco

Published: 22 Oct 2015 10:27 GMT+02:00

A parked car was swallowed up by a sinkhole that suddenly opened up on a road in Sicily after heavy rain on Wednesday evening.

The car plunged five metres through the eight-metre wide hole on a road in Valverde, in the province of Catania. The female driver made a miraculous escape having just parked the vehicle before the hole opened up, Corriere reported. It was then hauled out by firefighters with a crane. The scene was captured on the video below.
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Heavy rain has swept across Sicily over the past couple of days, with the Catania area faring the worst.



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