Girl swallowed by pavement in China

A cab driver comes to the rescue of a young girl after she falls into a sinkhole under a pavement in the city of Xi'an in northern China. Read more...

A surveillance camera catches the moment an unsuspecting girl falls through a pavement while walking down a street in northern China.

The pavement caved in under the teenager's weight as soon as she stepped onto a section of the walkway.

What followed was a dramatic rescue attempt by a passing taxi driver. His heroic actions were also filmed by close circuit television and on mobile phones.

The passing cab driver stopped immediately at the scene and climbed into the six-metre deep pit to help the girl.

"I called out to her but she didn't respond. After I shook her a little, she came to," said Wang Wei, a taxi driver in the northern city of Xi'an.

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[awebreeze1]

People helping people, beautiful



[pacificeric36]

lets crowd around the weak pavement people.

[thebteamm]

someones hungry



[WoodatOvaDere]

No. The girl was too heavy.

A mulher pesava demais.

[WoodatOvaDere]

INSULT ???

This can only happen in China... meaning that only in China would a taxi driver stop to help a poor girl...

You are paranoid.

[Blackdeath Doc]

thank you for your insult

[Alexandre H.P.]

que buraco...culpa do engenheiro, colocou cimento fraco na construção.

[007spudman]

So thats where we go when we dig a hole to china we go out of the hole there.

[Diego Almeida]

mmhhhh nop, not really.

[WoodatOvaDere]

This can only happen in China

[irwanadinatha]

Not a lot people have kind heart. Most people just watch, stading near the weakend pavement. If you were there, would you help ?