Arnold Schwarzenegger ‘fills in pothole which was actually a service trench’

A service trench is a hollow cut made into the ground to allow maintenance work to be undertaken below the surface of the road.

Arnold Schwarzenegger (Isabel Infantes/PA)

Arnold Schwarzenegger may have got himself stuck in an unusual situation after filling in what he believed was a pothole in his Los Angeles neighbourhood but which turned out to be a service trench for ongoing work, according to reports.

The Terminator star and former California governor, 75, posted a video on social media of himself and his team repairing a “giant hole” with cement and sand which he said had been “screwing up cars and bicycles for weeks”.