Pictures: Cape Town taxi goes for swim thanks to massive sinkhole

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Into the thick of it – a Cape Town taxi went for an unexpected swim this morning thanks to a massive Table View sinkhole. Here's what happened:

South Africans have seen taxis do the most – from cruising seamlessly through untrodden paths to travelling at super speed to get commuters where they need to go. Needless to say, taxis and their passengers have been through a lot.

Adding to the list of taxi moments that have made locals do a double-take, is the recent instance of a Cape Town taxi that went for a swim in a massive sinkhole., with some pointing out that the body of water didn’t look like your average sinkhole, but more like another dimension. Gary Collins, Avid Security Managing Director, told Cape {town} Etc that one of the armed reaction officers was on-site and managed to photograph the incident.The taxi soon found itself stuck in the thick of it. Luckily, no one was injured and the taxi has since been freed of the waterscape.

 

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