On Friday, a sinkhole near the City Post Office in Pune, Maharashtra, caused a truck being to the civic sanitation department to fall into it. The jetting machine truck driver, which cleans drainage systems, was unharmed, according to fire brigade authorities quoted by news agency PTI.
In the heavily populated Budhwar Peth neighbourhood, the tragedy happened at 4 p.m. The big truck is seen dramatically falling into the crater in a video posted by PTI. Locals raced to the scene as the truck’s tail slipped into the pit when the surface, which was composed of interlocking cement blocks, disintegrated.
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Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) Commissioner Rajendra Bhosale quoted to ANI, “The news was that it was not on any public road but on the postal premises wherein there was an old well earlier and it has now been covered with slab. Since this drainage vehicle is heavy, this incident happened.”
He also added, “Now it has been removed with the help of 2 cranes…Investigation will be done…No injuries reported.” A local hurried to the situation and helped the driver flee the sinking truck’s driver seat, just in time for him to escape unharmed.