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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Alisha Rahaman Sarkar

Giant sinkhole in California swallows vehicle after driver ignores road closure signs

California Highway Patrol - Tracy

A truck fell into a sinkhole in Tracy, California, after ignoring road closure signs, just two days after another vehicle faced a similar situation.

The two-lane road in the Central Valley had collapsed earlier in January after a series of destructive storms that wreaked havoc and compromised the retention pond leading to the road's erosion.

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