Two escape before sinkhole swallows car

JINJIANG CITY, China -- Two men had a lucky escape as their car was swallowed by a sinkhole in Jinjiang City in east China's Fujian province.

Street surveillance footage shows a white sedan stopped in the middle of the road as its left front wheel ran into the sinkhole that appeared after a truck passed through the intersection a short time earlier.

The driver and a passenger immediately got out to check the car only to find the road surface further collapsed and swallowed the entire car minutes later.

Local authorities said the sinkhole was caused due to the collapse of sands beneath the road surface. The road was blocked for repairs taking several days.