XINING CITY, China (WTHR) — Six people were killed and 10 are still missing after a sinkhole swallowed a bus and pedestrians in northwest China Monday.
Surveillance footage shown by the Chinese state broadcaster showed people at a bus stop running from the collapsing road as the bus — standing almost vertically — sank halfway into the ground.
The incident, which occurred outside a hospital, also triggered an explosion.
Sinkholes are not uncommon in China, where they are often blamed on construction work and the country's rapid pace of development.