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A SINKHOLE IN a northeastern Chinese city swallowed five people in a dramatic scene that was captured on security video and shared widely on Chinese social media.
A provincial broadcaster said four people were injured in the Saturday incident in the provincial capital of Harbin.
The surveillance camera video shows pedestrians walking or standing on the sidewalk when it suddenly gave in.
Three people fell straight into the hole, while a woman clung to pipes just underneath the sidewalk. Another person standing on the edge fell sideways into the hole.
Heilongjiang Network Broadcasting Television said the people were probably waiting for a bus because it occurred at a bus stop. The bus sign also was swallowed by the sinkhole, the broadcaster said.
Passers-by pulled the victims from the hole, which was about three metres deep, the broadcaster said.
It said four received minor injuries to their feet, legs, arms and shoulders.
It was not immediately clear what caused the sidewalk to collapse.
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Hasn’t anyone told him that it’s already summer?
@Lemonwilly: sorry to deflate your valid comment…… But did you not know they live in a climate called “Twilight Zone!”
How about a bill to ensure judges hand out proper sentences?
The mere sight and reminder of Shane Ross at this hour is enough to turn the milk on my ceral sour
It might go some way to restoring confidence back in the Judiciary after the dogs dinner decision in the Louise O’Keefe case
the judges and the legal profession have resisted this reform tooth and nail, leads me to think there must be something good in it, well done Ross, FG or FF would never have taken them on only for you had the balls to do challenge vested interests. new politics works, vote for the independents in the next GE to keep the main parties in line and prevent them running roughshod like the FF/Lab Govt 2011-2016, with scandals like Irish water etc
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