(N.Morgan) Another sinkhole has reveled itself in Buckinghamshire, England, where a car was swallowed by the earth. The sinkholes have become a global issue, not just in the US. The Earth seems to be caving in from all of our abuses.
But that’s exactly what happened to 19-year-old Zoe Smith, whose Volkswagen Lupo fell down a 30ft-deep sinkhole in the night. Now the car, which she relies on to get to work, is a write-off, lying at the bottom of the pit, which stretches 15ft across the family’s driveway – to within inches of the house itself.
Miss Smith’s stepfather Phil Conran, said: ‘We hadn’t heard anything at all. There was no indication whatsoever.’At 7am my daughter went out the front door and instead of her car being there, there was a huge hole. ‘I was gobsmacked. The first thing I did was phone the police because we didn’t know what to do. ‘We weren’t absolutely sure the car was in there but it seemed too much of a coincidence for it not to be.’
Mr Conran, 59, an environmental consultant, said the police called firefighters to the house in Walters Ash, Buckinghamshire, to secure the area. Watch manager Stuart Grosse said: ‘We get a few calls of this nature, mainly in the south of the county. Historically, holes have appeared in the area due to clay mining.’
A family has been evacuated from their home after a sinkhole opened up in their driveway and swallowed their car
The car was just identifiable through its muddy covering, lying at the bottom of the pit, which was 30ft deep and about 15ft across
A local historian claims these sinkholes are from the mining that has went on in that area.