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Shocking pictures show three cars partially swallowed after a sinkhole opened in the middle of a residential road, leaving local drivers in tears when they found their vehicles.
The collapse has damaged a water main, according to Northumbrian Water, but bottled water has been delivered to a nearby care home which is experiencing ‘low pressure or no water’.
Kiera Hall, 17, was left in floods of tears when she discovered her black car, which she has only had for two weeks, was in the hole.
I passed my driving test two days before Christmas and got my car two weeks ago and this has happened.
