A clip showing a taxi that got stuck in Times Square, New York (USA), after the ground completely collapsed beneath it is leaving internet users shocked.
A video shared on TikTok by Nedjie shows a yellow taxi, a symbol of the Big Apple, suspended above the ground. Beneath it, a deep hole can be seen, along with large rectangular black slabs that had become misaligned.
“You’re in Times Square and the street collapses under a taxi,” says the text overlaid on the clip, which has already amassed more than 2.7 million views and over 4,000 comments from users stunned by the incident.
“Dude, [the taxi driver] is literally about to become a millionaire,” one TikTok user said. “The question is what’s underneath,” asked another. “Not the Upside Down opening up in NY,” joked a third user, referring to the series Stranger Things.
According to reports by local media outlets, the incident happened on December 4 after the taxi drove over a manhole belonging to the energy and gas company Con Edison. These access points are frequently used by company workers for maintenance on the city’s infrastructure.
Fortunately, no one was injured and no power outages were reported as a result of the accident, as noted by ABC. To the website Motor 1, the New York City Taxi and Limousine Commission stated that it was investigating the case.
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