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

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.Chennai road caves, car plunges into 10-foot-deep pit (Screen grab: ITG)Chennai,Oct 8, 2026 13:00 ISTA portion of Thiruvanmiyur Road near Tidel Park in Chennai suddenly caved in on Thursday morning, opening up a large sinkhole that swallowed a car travelling along the stretch.Visuals from the spot show the car overturned inside the roughly 10-foot-deep crater, with a large section of the road collapsed around it.Two people, a man and a woman, were inside the car when it fell into the sinkhole. Police sources said both passengers were safe after the incident.The road surface reportedly gave way suddenly, leaving the driver with little time to react. The car lost balance and plunged into the crater before overturning. The incident occurred on a stretch where metro rail construction work is currently underway. The sudden collapse triggered concern among motorists and led to significant traffic congestion in the area.There was a similar road collapse near Thiruvanmiyur Junction on OMR in May 2025, when an ageing sewage pipeline failed and a car fell into a six-foot-deep crater, injuring five people. Metro workers have begun repair and restoration work at the site. Traffic movement on the affected stretch remains impacted.- EndsInputs from Pramod Madhav