An elderly driver and his passenger were injured but rescued from their SUV after it was swallowed by a sinkhole in South Korea's capital city.
Seoul , South Korea — A sinkhole suddenly opened and swallowed an SUV in South Korea 's capital on Thursday, injuring the two occupants, emergency workers said. Photos from the scene showed a white sport utility vehicle engulfed in the eight-foot-deep hole that appeared on a street in the central part of Seoul . Emergency workers rescued the vehicle's 82-year-old male driver and a 76-year-old female passenger. No one else was hurt in the incident, which occurred around 11:20 a.m.
Traffic in the Seondaemun area continued to be restricted Thursday evening as workers and officials repaired the damaged road and investigated the cause of the sinkhole.Ju Isaac, a councillor for the local Seodaemun district, told CBS News he drove past the spot just minutes before the sinkhole opened and saw cars bouncing over the part of the road, which appeared to be softening.
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