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WATCH: Huge sinkhole swallows motorcyclist

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Georgia - Firefighters helped pull a man from a sink hole that opened up in a parking lot at a Georgia shopping centre in January.

The Augusta Chronicles reports that a large sinkhole opened up and emergency officials were called to the scene to retrieve an injured riderand his motorcycle.

The motorcyclist suffered from minor injuries.

Storm drain

It was reported that the hole was near a storm drain in the parking lot.

Earlier in 2017 CCTV footage captured the moment a scooter rider plunged into a huge sinkhole moments before it opened up. The rider was reportedly checking his phone before the crash...

WATCH: How did he not see that!? Scooter rider plunges into huge sinkhole

Given the size of the sinkhole, it would have been easy to spot, further adding to the theory that the man had been distracted by his phone.

Its said that the street hole measured five meters across, eight meters long and two meters deep.



Watch the video below: 

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