Heavy delays after car ‘nose dives’ into Kempton Park sinkhole

13 December 2016 - 10:54 By TMG Digital
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A hapless driver saw their car “nose dive” into a sinkhole caused by a burst water main on Gauteng’s East Rand in the early hours on Tuesday.

Pictures of the submerged SUV circulated on social media after the local newspaper‚ the Kempton Express‚ reported the incident.

Kempton Express ‏@KemptonExpress tweeted: “Avoid #Zuurfontein Road in #EstherPark: car took a nose dive‚ road closed @FatalMoves @_ArriveAlive”.

This was picked up by a number of traffic information services‚ including EWN Traffic‚ which tweeted: “#JHBTraffic In Kempton Park there is a sinkhole on Zuurfontein Road at Parkland Dr - traffic is heavily backed up towards Isando”.

DriveSA ‏@DriveSAmain posted an image from a different angle‚ saying: “#JHBTraffic In Kempton Park there is a sinkhole on Zuurfontein Road at Parkland Drive – watch out for vehicle damage”.

Resident Johan Willemse tweeted‚ via @insulter1‚ that the cause was an overwhelmed water pipe: “CROYDEN/GP Zuurfontein Avenue - Southbound BURST WATER MAIN before Kelvin Power Station - HEAVY delays…”

It was not clear at the time of publication what happened to the driver or if there were passengers in the vehicle.

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