Shocking pictures show three cars partially swallowed after a sinkhole opened in the middle of a residential road, leaving local drivers in tears when they found their vehicles. Emergency services descended on the street just after 5:30 am this morning after the tarmac collapsed on Broughton Road in South Shields.

A BMW is among three cars falling into a 50ft sinkhole on a residential street yesterday. The cars were swallowed up by the 50ft giant sinkhole as the road surface collapsed. Firefighters raced to

Rescue officers raced to help a driver who plunged into a massive sinkhole in a city near Tokyo that authorities warn may collapse.

The driver was able to talk with rescuers but they retreated after the area around the hole became unstable, a spokesperson said.

In Japan, a sinkhole the size of a large swimming pool appeared in the city of Yashio, swallowing a truck and its driver.

An enormous sinkhole the size of a swimming pool swallowed up a truck with the driver still inside at a busy intersection in Japan this week. According to NBC News, the incident unfolded around 10 a.m.

Two rescuers have reportedly been injured trying to retrieve the driver A large sinkhole near Tokyo has swallowed a truck with a man inside. Just before 10 a.m. local time on Tuesday, Jan. 28, police responded to an emergency call that a sinkhole had opened up at an intersection in Yashio,