12 vehicles swallowed in Mississippi carpark cave-in

Twelve vehicles were swallowed when a 120m-long section of an outdoor parking lot caved in outside a Mississippi pancake house that had only been open for a few days.

The crater that opened up on Saturday night beneath the parking lot of an IHop restaurant in Meridian consumed cars, trucks, and SUVs as the surface dropped about 4.5m, according to Meridian public safety director Buck Roberts.

No one was injured in the incident, the Meridian Star newspaper stated.