32-Year-Old Man Dies After Sinkhole 'Opened Suddenly' at Pool Party: 'A Very Unusual Incident'

An Israeli man attending a pool party on Thursday was killed after being sucked into a sinkhole.

Israel Fire & Rescue

“There is a high alert for a man sucked into the sinkhole with the water,” they added. “[He’s] around 30 years old and was likely sucked into underground tunnels below the house along with the pool’s water…”

Kimhi’s body was found at the end of a 49-foot tunnel, per theJerusalem Post.

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“This is a very unusual incident,” a paramedic told the outlet. “When I got to the scene, I saw a pit that had opened at the bottom of the empty pool. People who were at the site told me that the pit opened suddenly and within a few seconds all the water of the pool was pulled in.”

According to theAssociated Press, the home’s owners built the pool without proper licensing.

TheU.S. Department of Environmental Protectionsays many factors can lead to a sinkhole, but many are created due to water that has nowhere to drain. Once the liquid accumulates underground, it erodes rock and minerals. The erosion creates a “void space” that moves toward the surface.

Over time, a hole forms that can eventually grow large enough that the ground above it collapses — resulting in a sinkhole.

source: people.com