Latest sinkhole in street in Rome swallows vehicles

Spate of road collapses blamed on Italian capital's underground tunnels, sewers and ancient quarries

Two cars have been swallowed by a sinkhole on a street in Rome, one of many to blight the Italian capital in recent years.

A Mercedes SUV and a Smart car fell into the six-metre-deep and 20-metre-long chasm on Via Zenodossio in the Torpignattara district. Nobody was injured in the incident, which is believed to have been caused by a water leak in a garage beneath the street, according to reports in the Italian media.