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Car Escapes After Sinkhole Opens on OMR Road

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  • A car fell into a 10-foot sinkhole on Old Mahabalipuram Road near Tidel Park.
  • Both occupants, a man and a woman, escaped unhurt.
  • A nearby tunnel boring machine could have caused land subsidence leading to the collapse.
  • CMRL lifted the vehicle and began filling the sinkhole with concrete.
  • Traffic slowed and vehicles were diverted via Indira Nagar Water Tank Road.