Published 20:23 IST, November 29th 2020

Giant sinkhole swallows SUV in New York City, Netizens say 'describes 2020 perfectly'

In a strange incident, a massive sinkhole in New York City swallowed an SUV. New York City council member Robert Holden took to his official Twitter handle.

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In a strange incident, a massive sinkhole in New York City swallowed an SUV. New York City council member Robert Holden took to his official Twitter handle as he shared im of SUV being swallowed up by a giant hole. In his tweet, he mentioned that NYPD will be enforcing certain street closures. He mentioned street numbers as he wrote, “ @NYPDnews and @FDNY are on scene for site safety, and NYPD is enforcing following Street closures: 70th Street between 52nd Avenue and 53rd Avenue. 52nd Drive between 69th St and 70th Street”. 

SUV swallowed by giant sinkhole 

According to tweets by Holden, NYC Environmental Protection Department and National Grid US took to scene on vember 26 and conducted an evaluation of infrastructure. He shared three ims of orange SUV falling inside hole. In caption, Holden wrote, “Community visory: I have been informed of an uccupied vehicle that fell into a large sinkhole in #Maspeth”. He also urged citizens to report at Nyc311 and his office in case of any such incident. According to reports by NBC news, car belongs to a livery driver and luckily he was t inside it was being swallowed by sinkhole. 

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Shocked by incident, netizens bombarded comment section. "Typical parking on a NYC street , between Biker gangs , Teens in Luxury cars with "Paper plates from Jersey and Texas ... Leaving ir cars parked in middle of street it is just ar day in concrete jungle", wrote a Twitter user. Ar person wrote, "That street looks like it was recently revated. re's tar by curb". Tweeples are also Retweeting ims with ir own captions. 

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(Im Credits: Twitter/@BobHoldenNYC)

20:23 IST, November 29th 2020