The enormous crevice tore through the ground late last night, causing traffic chaos in Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia.
Miraculously no one was killed, although one truck was overturned by the force of the collapse.
Officials have no explanation for why the giant hole has appeared but confirmed they were looking into it.
Chasm: The five metre wide hole mysteriously opened in a road in Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia, last night.
Lucky escape: No one was killed, although this truck was overturned by the force of the collapse.
By Mail Foreign Service
sink holes opening up all over the world, giant cracks in the earth... Our planet is quite literally coming apart at the seems. If this isn't a "wake-up call" I don't know what is.