China sinkhole swallows man
- 11 years ago
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Surveillance footage captures the moment a sinkhole opened up in China, swallowing a man who died of his injuries.
Yang Xibing is pictured in the top left-hand corner.
A hole 20-metres deep (65 feet) opened up beneath him.
The 25-year-old was a security guard at the residential compound in Shenzhen city.
He was rescued from the hole but died in hospital.
Some locals blame the subsidence on alleged illegal digging at a neighbouring construction site.
Managers were investigating complaints of tremors when the ground collapsed.
A number of residents are now living in temporary accommodation, as an investigation tries to determine what happened.
Surveillance footage captures the moment a sinkhole opened up in China, swallowing a man who died of his injuries.
Yang Xibing is pictured in the top left-hand corner.
A hole 20-metres deep (65 feet) opened up beneath him.
The 25-year-old was a security guard at the residential compound in Shenzhen city.
He was rescued from the hole but died in hospital.
Some locals blame the subsidence on alleged illegal digging at a neighbouring construction site.
Managers were investigating complaints of tremors when the ground collapsed.
A number of residents are now living in temporary accommodation, as an investigation tries to determine what happened.