A truck driver survived without injuries after the truck he was in was gobbled up by a sinkhole in Hall County, Georgia, this week.
The 55,000 pound hydrovac truck was hauling 1,600 gallons of water used for digging and excavating when it fell through the parking lot of Diamond Auto Spa on Wallis Road near I-985 on Tuesday.
Cleaning up small fuel spill at site of truck in sinkhole in Hall Co just off 985 at Wallis Rd pic.twitter.com/u1US8aRBqF
— Steve Gehlbach (@SteveGWSB) January 17, 2017
Sinkhole in Hall Co. swallows back of big truck. Driver okay after quiet the shock pic.twitter.com/7nohkwojxl
— Steve Gehlbach (@SteveGWSB) January 17, 2017
Sinkhole swallows a 55k lb. truck in hall co. @SteveGWSB live at noon pic.twitter.com/cWHSoNpqCQ
— Dwayne Harden (@DwayneHarden23) January 17, 2017
“I thought a small plane maybe had crashed,” one witness said.
The driver was able to leave the vehicle without injury according to WSB-TV. Rescue crews had release water from the truck’s tank in order to make it light enough to lift it from the 10-foot-deep hole.
The crash also cause a small diesel leak, which was quickly cleaned up.
