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Sinkhole in a Beijing Street on April 26, 2011 - possibly resulting from tunneling ground loss from Beijing subway construction
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Tunneling ground loss sinkhole opens in Beijing street, swallows truck

June 6, 2011 rockman Comments Off on Tunneling ground loss sinkhole opens in Beijing street, swallows truck

On April 26, a sinkhole opened up in a busy Beijing street in China’s capital city, swallowing up a truck. According to news reports, the driver and passenger jumped out of the vehicle before it […]

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