- A massive sinkhole opened in Mexico City, swallowing a truck carrying Jarritos soda.
- Local authorities spent over 20 hours pulling the truck from the massive sinkhole.
- A collapsed concrete water collector likely caused the sinkhole’s formation and expansion.
Sinkholes can wreak havoc on motorists and neighborhoods, oftentimes swallowing vehicles whole and causing extraordinary amounts of damage. Over the weekend, Mexico City experienced just that when a massive cavity opened beneath a delivery truck loaded with Jarritos soda, leaving the vehicle at the mercy of the ground below.
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Initially, the sinkhole opened up beneath the large truck and left it balancing precariously, half on the road and half within the hole. Local authorities quickly responded and cordoned off the area. Fortunately, they did that because soon after, the sinkhole opened up further and the truck fell into it, landing on its rear end and leaving only its front end poking out.
A Rescue Measured in Tonnes
According to Mexico News Daily, it took more than 20 hours to recover the stranded truck. The effort required serious hardware: a 40-tonne crane, a 20-tonne crane, and a backhoe, all working in sequence to lift the battered vehicle out of its muddy pit.
An investigation by local authorities revealed that a 2.44-meter concrete water collector under the road had collapsed, likely contributing to the formation of the sinkhole. It then rapidly expanded after heavy overnight rain, forcing at least eight families living nearby to be temporarily relocated.
For as bad as this sinkhole was, it’s far from the worst we’ve seen. Back in 2016, a massive sinkhole opened up in the Japanese city of Fukuoka, spreading to 27 meters wide and 30 meters long, swallowing a large intersection. In early 2014, a huge sinkhole appeared beneath a section of the Corvette Museum in the United States, severely damaging several important Corvettes.
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Jarritos-branded delivery truck collapsed rear-first into a sinkhole in Mexico City’s Iztapalapa borough, the city’s most populous area
Local Mayor Brugada said the incident… pic.twitter.com/XqpxCFoZVM
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