Sink hole swallows car whole in Adelaide
A YOUNG couple trying to enjoy the twinkling lights of Adelaide had the mood broken when a sinkhole swallowed them and their car.
A YOUNG couple who travelled into the foothills of the Mount Lofty Ranges to enjoy the twinkling lights of Adelaide have had the mood broken when a sinkhole swallowed them and their car.
The small Suzuki 4WD — carrying the young couple from Murray Bridge — was parked on Sunnyside Road in Glen Osmond at around 11.50pm on Tuesday when the sinkhole opened.
They were sitting inside the car while looking out across the Adelaide lights when they fell into the 4m by 4m hole.
Both passengers, although shocked, were not hurt.
The sinkhole opened above an old lead and silver mine shaft which was a part of the one of the first mines opened in Australia back in 1841.
The are was cordoned off as emergency services looked for a big enough tow truck to pull the car out of the earth.
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