Heavy delays after car ‘nose dives’ into Kempton Park sinkhole
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”.
Avoid #Zuurfontein Road in #EstherPark: car took a nose dive, road closed @FatalMoves@_ArriveAlivehttps://t.co/WlrUhR0CIQpic.twitter.com/6mG9o2k2zA
— Kempton Express (@KemptonExpress) December 13, 2016
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”.
#JHBTraffic In Kempton Park there is a sinkhole on Zuurfontein Road at Parkland Dr - traffic is heavily backed up towards Isando pic.twitter.com/FH0mAOmpBf
— EWN Traffic (@EWNTraffic) December 13, 2016
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”.
#JHBTraffic In Kempton Park there is a sinkhole on Zuurfontein Road at Parkland Drive – watch out for vehicle damage pic.twitter.com/IddZ7BlMg5
— DriveSA (@DriveSAmain) December 13, 2016
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.