Pothole problem

A British driver suffered a particularly serious pothole problem recently, which resulted in his vehicle being seriously damaged. Flooding along the busy A464 in Shropshire caused subsidence under the road, which then entirely washed away a section of the surface leaving a 1.2m deep hole.
February 28, 2012 Read time: 1 min
A British driver suffered a particularly serious pothole problem recently, which resulted in his vehicle being seriously damaged. Flooding along the busy A464 in Shropshire caused subsidence under the road, which then entirely washed away a section of the surface leaving a 1.2m deep hole.

The front end of the man's Nissan Navara pickup truck fell into the hole and was damaged and he and his son and brother, who were passengers, all had to scramble to safety. The driver was injured when he fell into the hole as he climbed out of the vehicle and had to be taken to hospital. However when the ambulance crew arrived, they had to reverse their vehicle away from the immediate vicinity as they were concerned it would follow the pick-up truck into the pothole, which was growing in size as they watched. The man was given treatment for back and leg injuries but was later released from hospital.

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