'50 meters deep': Video shows massive sinkhole in Bangkok swallowing cars, poles

A conception of roadworthy abruptly collapsed successful Bangkok connected Wednesday causing a heavy sinkhole of astir 50 meters. The metropolis politician cited ongoing "underground construction" works arsenic the superior crushed down the incident, section reports said.The crater measured astir 30 by 30 meters, according to an Khaosod English report. A melodramatic video showed the nonstop infinitesimal the roadworthy gave way, swallowing a car and an electrical pole.

“Soil supra began flowing into the passageway and the underground operation spaces. This caused the roadworthy aboveground to collapse, dragging down electrical poles and rupturing h2o pipes. The breached pipes past washed adjacent much ungraded into the tunnel, making the concern worse,” the study quoted Bangkok politician Chadchart Sittipunt saying.Although nary casualties were reported, the illness has renewed scrutiny of Bangkok’s ambitious infrastructure drive. The incidental comes conscionable months aft the March 28 earthquake toppled the authorities audit bureau gathering nether construction, leaving astatine slightest 92 radical dead.