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A bus carrying 21 people narrowly escaped a giant sinkhole following a sudden road collapse in Nanning city, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, last Friday. Surveillance camera footage shows the rear wheels of the bus was almost caught in the hole. Luckily, no passengers were injured in the accident.
Local authorities investigated and found after radar detection that there was no cavity under the road surface. Some people have speculated that the construction of a subway nearby caused the collapse. But the staff from the construction company said they didn’t do excessive excavation work. Local expert found out some underground pipelines were removed, which led to the sinkhole. Further investigation is underway.
After the video went viral online, many netizens have praised the driver of another bus, who slammed on the brakes to stop the bus just in front of the sinkhole.