Officials yet to remove car swallowed up by random sinkhole

By Elizabeth Hunter

A car has slipped into a sinkhole and officials are struggling to remove it - in case rescue vehicles also fall in.

The Mini Cooper became trapped in the precarious situation after a freak sinkhole opened up on Saturday afternoon outside a bakery.

Cornwall Live reports that car owner Malcolm McKenzie from Redruth was told his car had fallen into a hole by a neighbor.

He went outside to find the back end of his car trapped in a hole in the ground, with the front of the Mini raised about a foot in the air.

Redruth, a mining town, has had similar incidents in the past, with authorities suspecting the hole has opened up into a disused mineshaft.

Authorities are still figuring out how to move the vehicle before it falls deeper into the mineshaft - potentially creating more collapses.

There are concerns if a recovery truck is used in the car park, it could also fall in.

In a post on social media, Malcolm said: "I'm just glad we weren't in it - was meant to be going out in it and literally at the time that it happened would be when we were getting in it but I didn't feel like going."

He joked: "Might do an oil change while I've got it up there."

Locals on social media also saw the funny side, with one commenter wondering "how is he supposed to get to work on Monday morning?"

Another joked that the car was "going on a Mini adventure," while another said: "You can't park there!"