He said: 'I saw this and I said that this is the exact same spot where my daughter's BMW went in. One man, who did not want to be named, said his daughter had fallen victim to a sinkhole in the 'exact same spot' three years ago. 'I will definitely be asking questions because this will need some major work.'Ĭouncillor Gilfoyle said he understood Severn Trent was taking over the site and that damage had been detected in the foul system, with a team expected to go out on Sunday to assess any damage to pipes. 'Fortunately, nobody was seriously injured, but this could have been a lot worse.

'I would say this is the third time in about three years that it's happened and so there needs to be some serious thought going forward.

'I know that there has been some bad weather so that may not have helped.'Ĭouncillor Glynn Gilfoyle, the Labour county councillor for the area, said: 'My issue is that this is a recurrent problem and we need to get to the bottom of it. 'I do think the roads are in a bad state at the moment and they've been getting worse over the past few months. 'I feel really sorry for them as well because this car is probably their pride and joy. Jo Appleby, 45, who lives in Worksop, said: 'It must have been terrifying for the people in the car to realise that there was this huge hole right underneath them.

'I use this road regularly myself to go the gym, but with the hole now you can actually see the thickness of the road and it doesn't look very thick, especially when you consider some of the bigger vehicles that will be going over this.' 'I've been talking to the people on the scene and they've said the hole is 12 feet deep. Tom Oxley, 78, who lives in nearby Carlton but grew up in the area, said: 'My son-in-law in Lincoln heard about it this morning so we've come to have a look. He was elderly but seemed okay, just a bit shaken.' One car went round it but the next just drove straight ahead and dove right in. He said: 'The first thing I noticed was a man warning us there was a pothole.

Russell Gull, the owner of Res Barbers, helped the trapped driver out of his car. The elderly driver of a black Skoda Fabia driver accidentally wedged his car in a sinkhole (pictured) in Worksop, Nottinghamshire

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