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Watch: Massive sinkhole appears on busy street, accidents prevented thanks to quick traffic officer

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<div class="easy-ads"><div class="easy-ads-lite easy-ads-lite-bidvertiser-top" style="display:block;text-align:center;"><ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:block;" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3942681860132668" data-ad-slot="4831328630" data-ad-format="auto"></ins><br/></div><br/></div><br/><div class="post-thumbnail"><a href="http://kickerdaily.com/massive-sinkhole-appears-on-busy-street/news-todays-youtube/"><img alt="" s="" src="http://kickerdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/News-Todays-YouTube-600x264.jpg" title="News Today"/></a> <span class="wp-caption-text">Image capture of video by WSB-TV via YouTube account</span></div><br/><aside class="mashsb-container mashsb-main"></aside><ul><li><strong>A massive sinkhole suddenly emerged in a busy street filled with fast moving cars in Hangzhou, China</strong></li><br/><li><strong>The sinkhole might have caused a major disaster if not for a quick-thinking traffic officer</strong></li><br/><li><strong>The quick-thinking traffic officer guides the traffic and avoids the crack, then cordoned the sinkhole with some handy traffic cones</strong></li><br/></ul><p>HANGZHOU, China – A massive sinkhole suddenly emerged in a busy street filled with fast moving cars and could have caused  a major disaster if not for a quick-thinking traffic officer.</p><br/><p>An article by Kirstie McCrum for <a href="http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/giant-sinkhole-appears-after-large-7836066"><em>The Mirror</em></a> published on April 26 said that a CCTV footage, taken in Hangzhou, China, shows an official noticing a crack expanding in a busy road.</p><br/><p>While the officer was standing in the road, the camera zooms in on the officer pointing at the area he is having a concern. The quick-thinking traffic officer guides the traffic and avoids the crack.</p><br/><p>After few seconds, a giant sinkhole emerged in the busy street, but the traffic officer didn’t leave. Instead, he cordoned the sinkhole off with some handy traffic cones.</p><br/><p>The traffic officer then directed cars around it, keen to avoid any danger.</p><br/><p>The video shows the moment the road caved in; reportedly just four minutes after the video started. The top layer folds like dough into the ground; leaving a wide 2-meter deep hole.</p><br/><div class="easy-ads"><div class="easy-ads-lite easy-ads-lite-bidvertiser-middle"><br/><br/></div><br/></div><br/><p>Reports said there were no injuries noted over the sinkhole incident and it is because of the traffic officer who had been quick in assessing the problem.</p><br/><p>This is not the first time China was caught by surprise by the sudden appearance of massive sinkholes.</p><br/><p>Jess Staufenberg mentioned in his article for the <a href="http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/sinkhole-china-guiping-farm-swallowed-25-tonnes-fish-a6963286.html"><em>Independent</em></a> published on April 1 that a giant sinkhole appeared in a pond in China; swallowing up to 25 tons of fish and thereby ruining the livelihood of a local farmer who was identified only as Yang.</p><br/><p>Water levels were seen to drop at a rapid rate at the farm in Guiping in South China until it was almost completely drained; revealing the giant hole.</p><br/><p>Locals believe that the sinkhole, which is almost five meters wide, may have been caused by quarrying nearby the area.</p><br/><p>Here’s a video clip from WSB TV showing the traffic enforcer’s quick moves before the sink hole appeared:</p><br/><p><iframe width="620" height="349" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/wPGUynX7u-U?feature=oembed" frame allowfullscreen="">[embedded content]</iframe></p><br/><aside class="mashsb-container mashsb-main"></aside> <center> </center><br/><p><strong><a href="https://blockads.fivefilters.org">Let’s block ads!</a></strong> <a href="https://github.com/fivefilters/block-ads/wiki/There-are-no-acceptable-ads">(Why?)</a></p><br/><p><a href="http://kickerdaily.com/massive-sinkhole-appears-on-busy-street/" rel="nofollow">Kicker Daily News</a></p><br/><div class="easy-ads"><div class="easy-ads-lite easy-ads-lite-bidvertiser-bottom" style="display:block;text-align:center;"><ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:block;" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3942681860132668" data-ad-slot="4831328630" data-ad-format="auto"></ins><br/></div><br/></div>

Image capture of video by WSB-TV via YouTube account A massive sinkhole suddenly emerged in a busy street filled with fast moving cars in H...