Huge sinkhole injures two after suddenly appearing on China high street
CCTV captured the footage as several people fell into the hole
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Your support makes all the difference.Video has emerged that shows a huge sinkhole appearing on a high street that swallowed several people.
The incident occurred in the city of Lanzhou, capital of China’s Gansu Province in the northwest of the country.
CCTV footage of the busy pedestrian street shows how several people fall into the widening hole as the pavement falls away.
Amateur video then reveals the extent of the damage, with one person still stuck in the water that fills the ten-metre-long and three-metre-deep gap.
Two were seriously injured from the incident and were rushed to a nearby hospital.
Earlier this year a large sinkhole appeared at a busy intersection in Hangzhou city. No one was injured in the incident after a vigilant traffic warden cordoned off the area, moments before the large hole appeared.
Read more: What are sinkholes, how do they form and why are we seeing so many?
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