A sinkhole opened on Golden Street in Kursk, swallowing a moving truck as a crane-equipped vehicle and concrete blocks passed by. The incident was captured and later published by the Telegraph channel Kursk beau monde. The footage shows a truck hauling a crane and weighty blocks following behind. The operator slows at an intersection and veers left to let other traffic pass. In that moment, the asphalt under the truck’s twin rear axle gives way, collapsing into a growing pit and engulfing the rear tires.
Following the collapse, the truck driver triggers the alarm and exits the cab to manage the situation. The video provides a view that, prior to the truck’s passage, the pavement appeared smooth with no visible defects, and the road markings along the route were clearly defined. The event unfolds with the driver taking immediate steps to assess damage and secure the area while nearby vehicles pause to assess risk and stay clear of the hazard.
Additional details suggest there were police units present in Moscow earlier related to a separate incident involving a theft of a scooter with a value reported at 487 thousand rubles. Reports indicate that the owner had stored a valuable vehicle in a garage and briefly left to eat shawarma, leaving the situation to unfold while away from the vehicle. The connections between these events are not explicit in the footage, but they paint a broader picture of activity and risk in the urban environment where sudden infrastructure failures can intersect with nearby security incidents.