Sinkhole closes road in Teddington
The hole opened up in Kingston Road at around 4pm on Wednesday, according to police, and engineers were examining the site.
A sinkhole has closed a road in south-west London.
The hole opened up in Kingston Road in Teddington at around 4pm on Wednesday, according to police.
Richmond Council said engineers were examining the site on Thursday.
Sam Parkes, 46, an IT manager from Teddington who lives opposite the sinkhole, said a number of cars were affected.
“I heard a tyre bursting, went to the window and saw the hole,” he told the PA news agency.
“I went to check she was OK and put a couple of traffic cones in front of the hole at the same time.
“We both looked in and could see it was much bigger under the surface of the road. I then called the police (non-emergency) and they sent a car pretty quickly.
“Today they are now digging it up and it looks like a large hole so far – about two metres by three.”
