Sinkhole swallows car after water pipe bursts under Coventry street

Seven Trent Water technicians working to repair one of our larger pipes' after car retrieved

A parked car was partially swallowed by a sinkhole that opened up on a Coventry road in the early hours of Monday morning.

The hole opened underneath the vehicle on Sewall Highway after an underground water pipe burst at about 4am, West Midlands police said. The street was closed for most of the day, a cordon was erected around the affected area and cars and buses were diverted.