Eagle-eyed policeman diverted traffic around crack in road just before huge sinkhole appeared

An eagle-eyed, quick thinking traffic officer in China saved motorists from possible disaster after a massive sinkhole opened up.





Just moments before the two-metre chasm opened in the middle of the busy road, the policeman apparently noticed a suspicious crack in the road.





The officer cordoned it off with traffic cones and directed cars around it. The road caved in soon afterwards.




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The sinkhole opened up, between the officer's well-placed cones, in downtown Hangzhou, in Zhejiang province. The collapse is now being investigated.