People rushed to help a family of three get out of their car after it was swallowed up by a five metre (16.4 feet) sinkhole in the north-western Peruvian city of Trujillo on Thursday.<br /><br />The father of the family and driver of the car, Edgar Orlando Bartolo Silva, said that the car started falling into the ground shortly after he stopped along the Juan Pablo II Avenue. After descending into the sinkhole, water started filling up the interior of the vehicle. Due to the quick response of the passers-by, the family were pulled out without any serious injuries. Silva was accompanied by his wife and his three-year old daughter.<br /><br />The sinkhole is believed to have been caused by a burst sewer pipe. The Trujillo area has also been hit by intense rain and flooding in the past week.<br /><br />Courtesty of Seguridad Ciudadana de Trujillo.<br /><br />COURTESY: RT's RUPTLY video agency, NO RE-UPLOAD, NO REUSE - FOR LICENSING, PLEASE, CONTACT http://ruptly.tv<br /><br />RT LIVE http://rt.com/on-air<br /><br />Subscribe to RT! http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=RussiaToday<br /><br />Like us on Facebook http://www.facebook.com/RTnews<br />Follow us on Twitter http://twitter.com/RT_com<br />Follow us on Instagram http://instagram.com/rt<br />Follow us on Google+ http://plus.google.com/+RT<br />Listen to us on Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/rttv<br /><br />RT (Russia Today) is a global news network broadcasting from Moscow and Washington studios. RT is the first news channel to break the 1 billion YouTube views benchmark.
