A man appearing to be distracted by a phone drove a scooter head first into a sinkhole just after it opened up in southern China, a dramatic video shows.
The motorist was riding along a street in the coastal city of Beihai when he sailed straight over the hole's edge last week, Chinese broadcaster CGTN reported.
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Fortunately for the driver, he was seen climbing out on his own and appeared to escape with no injuries.
Perhaps almost as shocking as the man's ungraceful fall, however, is a pedestrian's nonchalant reaction as he watches the motorist zoom into the pit.
Without showing any obvious alarm, that man, wearing a white polo, continues casually walking towards the hole to look inside.