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Video: Chennai road caves, car plunges into 10-foot-deep sinkhole

Reported by India Today 8 Oct 2026, 4:16 pm IST 1 min read

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A stretch of Thiruvanmiyur Road near Chennai's Tidel Park collapsed on Thursday morning, sending a car into a 10-foot sinkhole. The incident on a metro construction stretch disrupted traffic and raised safety concerns among motorists.

A portion of Rajiv Gandhi Salai (OMR) near Tidel Park in Chennai caved in suddenly on Thursday morning, creating a roughly 10-foot-deep sinkhole that swallowed a car travelling along the stretch. Visuals from the spot show the car overturned inside t... [838 chars]

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Section: India
Topics: Railways & travel, Cars & bikes
Places: Tamil Nadu
First reported by: India Today
Published: Thursday, 8 October 2026, 4:16 pm IST
Coverage: One outlet so far

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