Family’s shock as 30ft sinkhole swallows car

A family have described their shock at realising a 30ft-deep sinkhole had opened up in the driveway and swallowed their car — but also their relief that nobody was hurt.

Liz and Phil Conran’s teenage daughter found the 15ft-wide crater at the family home in Main Road, Walter’s Ash, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire,

Liz Conran said her daughter, 19-year-old Zoe Smith, went into hysterics upon discovering her prized Volkswagen Lupo had disappeared into the ground.