Father and son killed when sinkhole opens up on major highway, swallows their car

A FATHER and son were killed when a deep sinkhole swallowed their car on a major Mexican highway on Wednesday local time, officials said.

Civil protection rescuers reached the rubble-covered Volkswagen Jetta lying on its roof at the bottom of the hole in the afternoon after working for more than eight hours on the closed section of road.

The sinkhole appeared before dawn, at around 6am.

A crane lowered rescuers into a yawning hole the width of two lanes in the middle of the highway.

The initial hole was widened in order to build a ramp for recovery purposes.

Source: Mexico sinkhole: Father, son killed when car swallowed | Perth Now