It’s Wenxin South Road again! A 1-meter-6-meter sinkhole appeared in Dali, Taichung, causing the owner of three cars to roll over and get a flat tire.

A sinkhole with a depth of 1.6 meters appeared on the lane from Wenxin South Road to Fuxing Road in Dali District, Taichung last night, causing many passing vehicles to have flat tires. (provided by police)

Only in 2021 did a sinkhole appear on Wenxin South Road, Dali District, Taichung, causing an accident in which a small passenger car fell into the pit. Unexpectedly, not far from the last sinkhole, another sinkhole with a depth of 1.6 meters appeared at around 7 o'clock last night, causing Three drivers including a woman surnamed Cheng Zhang (63 years old) accidentally hit a pothole and punctured a tire while driving a passenger car. The violent vibrations frightened the three people. Fortunately, no one was injured. After receiving the report, the police quickly placed traffic cones and notified the city's Construction Bureau to send personnel to deal with the situation.

The Wufeng Branch of the Taichung City Police Department received a report from the public at around 7 o'clock last night, saying that a pothole appeared on the road in front of No. 1200 Wenxin South Road, Dali District, causing a passing vehicle to accidentally run over the pothole and blow out a tire. When they arrived at the scene, they found that three minibuses, a woman surnamed Zhang (63 years old), a man surnamed You (44 years old), and a man surnamed Shi (52 years old), had blown tires after running over the sinkhole.

When the Wufeng Branch Police arrived at the scene, they found that the sunken pothole was 1.6 meters deep and at least 70 centimeters wide on the surface. However, they did not know how big the pothole was underneath. They quickly placed traffic cones at the scene to warn drivers to pay attention to the road conditions and strengthen traffic diversion. They also notified relevant units of repair and emergency repairs at the same time. Drivers were reminded to slow down and pay attention to the situation in front of the vehicle when driving on this road section to ensure their own safety.

Because a sinkhole also appeared on this section of the road in August 2021, a passing passenger car fell into the sinkhole at that time. Unexpectedly, five years later, another sinkhole appeared on the same section of the road, causing concerns about the safety of this section of the road.

A sinkhole appeared on the lane from Wenxin South Road to Fuxing Road in Dali District, Taichung last night, causing three passing passenger cars to run over the pothole and blow out their tires. (provided by police)

A sinkhole appeared on Wenxin South Road in Dali District, Taichung only five years ago, causing a passing passenger car to fall into the sinkhole. Unexpectedly, a sinkhole appeared again on the same road section last night. (File photo)