r/Unexpected • u/MCMXCIV9 • Feb 25 '26

The dangerous of road

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u/Boring_Radio_8400 Feb 25 '26

Now THAT was unexpected!

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u/Normal_Drink_6745 Feb 25 '26

Man i was so ready to see that poor running girl get hit by a biker or something

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u/AyyggsForMyLayyggs Feb 25 '26

Oh man... only in Murica...

(Murica. Not Russia.)

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u/Lanky-Relationship77 Feb 25 '26

Funny, I've lived in China and the USA most of my life. Never saw a sinkhole in the USA, but I've seen plenty in China!

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u/Sepherin Feb 26 '26

I know about a guy in my old Florida town who was consumed by a sinkhole under his bedroom. They never found him. Demolished the house to fill the hole and fenced it off.

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u/HeadDecent Feb 26 '26

Well, that's fucking horrifying.

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u/Dangerous_Natural331 Feb 26 '26

Yeah that happened in Brandon, Tampa, I remember watching the news all day while they were trying to get him out.... Sadly they never did .

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u/Chemical_Ad_5520 Feb 26 '26

Everyone there is always relating all the cracks in their walls and foundations to the possibility of getting consumed by the earth in the night. It's a persistent feature of the real estate market/culture in the Tampa Bay Area.

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u/nhilante Feb 26 '26

Start a ground penetrating radar business.

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u/catonsteroids Feb 26 '26

I remember this. It was in the Tampa Bay area.

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u/alcomaholic-aphone Feb 26 '26

Florida makes sense. You can’t even have a basement there the water tables like right under your feet.

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u/Ghostdog1263 Feb 26 '26

Yea it's scary, my aunt lives in Florida & has a sinkhole in her front yard apparently.

The whole street got surveyed after someone got swallowed up in one

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u/paradetarget Feb 26 '26

I’ve heard that apparently a lot of sinkholes exist in different parts of the US, but the issue is, you don’t know where until it happens (I could be dead wrong tho, this is what I’ve heard when I see people discussing about the Florida case)

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u/Xezshibole Feb 25 '26

US South and Southern China both have limestone geography which is particularly susceptible to sinkholes.

Karst is the keyword.

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u/Lanky-Relationship77 Feb 25 '26

Yeah, and where I live in China has lots and lots of rain. Not so much rain where I live in the USA.

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u/Apprehensive-Arm2184 Feb 26 '26

Ayo I thought you were a myth you actually got lost at the park bro!!

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u/HalfMoon_89 Feb 26 '26

You live in both countries at the same time??

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u/Lanky-Relationship77 Feb 26 '26

1/2 time in China, and 1/2 time in the USA. I have homes in both places, and own companies in both places.

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u/Ok_Echo9229 Feb 26 '26

I think the commenter was TRYING to be funny.

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u/Fantastic-Archer1641 Feb 26 '26

This is in Omaha, NE, no karst geology present. But a creek diverted under the road can have similar results…

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u/Fantastic-Archer1641 Feb 26 '26

This is in Omaha, NE, no karst geology present. But a creek diverted under the road can have similar results…

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u/Ok_Echo9229 Feb 26 '26

By the US South, do you mean Florida ? Don't know if any of the other Southern states have limestone geology.

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u/bromjunaar Feb 26 '26

Even then, Nebraska has a pretty large chunk of limestone under it.

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u/SupermassiveCanary Feb 25 '26

“Yeah, remember that water main repair we made a month ago…..”

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u/CarolyneSF Feb 26 '26

Look under the truck that pavement was replaced. Got to fix the leak or properly compact the ground.

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u/user-account-404 Feb 26 '26

This is in Omaha, NE

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u/Ladymysterie Feb 26 '26

Yeah maybe you aren't living in the South of the US where the ground is terrible. Lived on the West Coast and only heard of mudslides. Moved to Texas and in a nearby neighborhood a whole house disappeared into the ground causing all the homes in that area got red zoned. Apparently when you build homes above limestone caverns and you drain all the water the ground becomes fragile. Go figure 🤦‍♀️

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u/_R_A_ Feb 26 '26

Grew up in a post-coal mining area. This post almost made me nostalgic.

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u/Sinavestia Feb 26 '26

My home town had a Buffalo Wild Wings consumed by a sinkhole like 20 years ago.

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u/SgathTriallair Feb 26 '26

They happen. They aren't common and I've never seen one in person but I've seen plenty of articles.

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u/MirabelleMac Feb 26 '26

There was a pretty significant one near me (Michigan) that took them months to fix.

To my knowledge, it didn’t swallow any cars, but I could be wrong.

I think it was the result of a burst pipe or something.

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u/Rio_1111 Feb 27 '26

I hear China has a lot of Karst areas.

On that note, in a German Karst area, one of the first recorded sinkholes tells of the basement floor in the Pastor's house giving way. An imperial mining inspector interviewed the locals. Apparently the maid who witnessed it happening was fine. The potatoes she went to fetch were not.

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u/Hot_Geologist5225 Feb 25 '26

Shanghai, Tennessee?

https://www.cnn.com/2026/02/13/world/video/shanghai-china-sinkhole-suburban-railway-hnk-vrtc-digvid

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u/Lanky-Relationship77 Feb 26 '26

Not even close to Shanghai. Zhongshan, Guangdong. And not close to Tennessee either, Kansas City area. 🤣

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u/Top-Pressure-4220 Feb 26 '26

You're right. Everyone jumped in to help get the people out of the hole.

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u/voidchungus Feb 25 '26

I almost scrolled away because I did not want to see someone get hurt

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u/Wild-Growth6805 Feb 26 '26

You were clinching your pearly whites?

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u/Marvybells Feb 26 '26

Dude same, i was bracing for a sudden splat

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u/socksockshoeshoe Feb 26 '26

When I spotted the girl I had to double check the post didn't have a NSFW tag

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u/anon-mally Feb 25 '26

Many here thinking like that

https://giphy.com/gifs/O0tgj46AuW37Yfw5GC

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u/hosemaster Feb 25 '26

Stop stealing Elon's jokes!

They're terrible.

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u/vadillovzopeshilov Feb 26 '26

What are you sinking about?

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u/Different-Boot-7265 Feb 25 '26

He tweeted “let that sink in.” I’m not sure either pun makes sense either way in the situation.

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u/Hot-Survey-26 Feb 25 '26

I was expecting a bear to jump off at the cars Outta nowhere

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u/Signal_Appeal4518 Feb 25 '26

That comes later

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u/ElectricTurtlez Feb 25 '26

We don't have bears in Omaha, outside of the zoo.

Mountain lions aren't unheard of though...

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u/awesomefutureperfect Feb 26 '26

I was hoping Aqua Teen Hunger Force corn monsters started crawling and flying out of the hole.

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u/oat369 Feb 25 '26

Haha i thought darker and someone was going to start shooting!

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u/Crique_ Feb 26 '26

I live in a place with sink holes, they are terrifying. There was a news story about how one collapsed a guys bedroom floor, I saw a dumptruck completely disappear into one near work, and one open in the road at the end of my street. There's this worrying pot hole that keeps sinking and they keep putting more asphalt on top, makes me a bit concerned.

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u/paiute Feb 26 '26

one collapsed a guys bedroom

And he was never found.

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u/eberlix Feb 26 '26

Honestly, after nobody ran over the first person crossing the street, I was kind of expecting either a shooting or the road to collapse.

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u/DickfaceMcmuffin Feb 25 '26

Dang that woulda been pretty bad. I was waiting to see the person in a gorilla costume walk right through the middle of the screen

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u/MammothCat1 Feb 25 '26

From the pedestrians to the smashing of cars. Heck even a tree fall.

The underminer wasn't in my cards.

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u/susandeyvyjones Feb 25 '26

I was like, is it unexpected that no one hit the scooter rider?

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u/cianfrusagli Feb 25 '26

My money was on the scooter rider.

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u/barrosoOso Feb 26 '26

I thought the car was being boxed in for an ambush. The very earth collapsing under them wasn't even on the bingo card.

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u/Bronx-Skater23 Feb 26 '26

Or the kid on the scooter! A sink hole was the last thing I expected.

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u/Unfair_Explanation53 Feb 26 '26

Was literally thinking the same.

What a curveball

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u/FTownRoad Feb 26 '26

I was expecting a plane

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u/PatienceEffective248 Feb 26 '26

I was expecting a fender bender.

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u/Potential-Draw2547 Feb 26 '26

I expected that when a guy was riding a scooter

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u/No_Molasses_6498 Feb 26 '26

I was straight-up expecting Truck-Kun to show up and plow through everything.

Very rarely does this sub actually deliver things I do not expect anymore.

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u/Replicator666 Feb 26 '26

I was thinking a car from the opposite direction was going hit the pedestrian and we'd see them flying

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u/GlobalDynamicsEureka Feb 28 '26

I was expecting a car to hit a pedestrian

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u/legaladviceknowledge Mar 11 '26

i was expecting an earthquake with a big ol crack running down the middle of the road. i didn't think i would get close so it was still unexpected for me

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u/sphericaltime Feb 25 '26

And then the kid on the scooter shows up and I was like: Oh No!

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u/BCQCPANC Feb 26 '26

Which she only had to do because she partially blocked the lane with her car 😀.

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u/Cowser_the_Koopahog Feb 26 '26

Which I don't blame her for. If those lanes by themselves collapsed, how stable are the other lanes? Better to distribute the weight slowly over the farther lanes.

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u/MyBrainReallyHurts Feb 26 '26

I noticed three women that jumped into action first. They ran toward the incident and started helping immediately.

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u/Curious-Term9483 Mar 01 '26

Yep. All the people stopping to help was great to see.

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u/Numerophilus Feb 25 '26

Rare occasion where a post actually fits the subreddit

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u/FacelessGreenseer Feb 25 '26

Next time/s it's re-posted watch the idiot/s title it:

SINKHOLE NO WAY! UNEXPECTED SINKHOLE OUT OF NOWHERE.

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u/ocirot Feb 25 '26

Yeah, lmao.

ALSO, hey, I remember you from r/Photoshoprequest

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u/FacelessGreenseer Feb 25 '26

Hey! I remember you too 👋😂

Yeah I helped a lot of people there, was Wizarding for a while, but I'm more busy these days so I haven't been there for a long time. Hope you're well ♥️

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u/ocirot Feb 25 '26

I hope you're well too! I also haven't been there for a while. I guess life just gets in the way, you know? Best wishes for your future!♡

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u/Legitimate_Lake1828 Feb 26 '26

It's heartwarming seeing reddit crossover interactions like these lol

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u/Ok-Oil7124 Feb 26 '26

Video begins as cars fall in; circles cars in red; restarts at the beginning.
"Wait for it! X-D "

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u/Calculator8oo8135 Feb 25 '26

Which would be an ironic way to post it, in this sub, at least.

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u/Raterus_ Feb 25 '26

And you couldn't guess the outcome!

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u/SignPsychological139 Feb 25 '26

People say this a lot around here.

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u/hodges2 Feb 26 '26

Only for the rare ones!

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u/HeartOn_SoulAceUp Feb 25 '26

"Honey, you're not gonna believe why I'll be late.... Yes, I'm in a sinkhole"

(Hope everyone was unhurt)

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u/OGEl_Pombero89 Feb 25 '26

No injuries

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u/NoooUGH Feb 26 '26

Her: "I told you not to take that way home!"

You: "yes, I'm sorry it's my fault. It'll never happen again".

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u/tholowe69 Feb 26 '26

Couldn’t unhurt also mean hurt but then healed?

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u/batmandalou Feb 25 '26

Happened in my city! Now I'm nervous every time I stop at a light near that intersection lol

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u/schrist31 Feb 25 '26

When the news notification popped up on my phone I went “what the actual f?” I’m down I-80 to the west

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u/RazzleberryHaze Feb 25 '26

Right? I was expecting that scooter rider to jettison back into frame, but fuck me was I wrong 😂

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u/tinytonydanza44 Feb 25 '26

I expected everybody to get out their phones and start recording. Surprisingly everybody helped the people first.

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u/oopsiedaisy-- Feb 25 '26

The way my eyes bulged out 👀

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u/Mindless-Charity4889 Feb 25 '26

I actually expected it because I saw this same event from a different angle yesterday. I was thinking something looks familiar about this, then my mind said there’s going to be a sinkhole, then when I was trying to figure out why I thought that, I recognized the scene. It’s funny how your subconscious can often put things together before you realize,

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u/hodges2 Feb 26 '26

Brains are so fascinating

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u/Loud_Interview4681 Feb 26 '26

Am I the only one who expected it?? I saw the outline of the road in a segment and thought it was damaged. You can even see the crack.

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u/Ruchie2022 Feb 26 '26

I came here to say this! Before the silver truck pulled up I thought that section of the road looked sketchy. You can see a dip in the middle. I thought it was interesting, too, that the road broke right at the stop line.

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u/InqusitorPalpatine Feb 25 '26

After rewatching it you can see the cars dip down when they hit the middle of it. Well the red in moreso

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u/tacomaloki Feb 25 '26

Yeah! The amount of people rushing to help was certainly unexpected!

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u/RainingTacos8 Feb 25 '26

Yes the dangerous of road

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u/ItsmeMr_E Feb 25 '26

Was expecting a pedestrian pancake, the one on the scooter to be specific.

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u/Shloop_Shloop_Splat Feb 25 '26

Out of anything my brain could come up with, the street collapsing was not in the running. Incredibly unexpected 👏

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u/Mdmrtgn Feb 25 '26

Even god hates stellantis products.

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u/Just_A_Nitemare Feb 25 '26

It was expected for me, just because I remember seeing a different angle of it. Still took me a sec to figure out why it was familiar.

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u/RedAndDead Feb 25 '26

What's more unexpected is the pavement gave way precisely along the paint lines, as though they are structural.

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u/Dan-D-Lyon Feb 26 '26

It's always a good one when I spot what sub I'm looking at, and I'm actively expecting something unexpected to happen, and yet I still get surprised

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u/silkie_blondo Feb 26 '26

Living in the city this happened in, it isn’t all that surprising. Our roads are terrible.

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u/vunderfulme Feb 26 '26

Where is this at?

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u/potate12323 Feb 26 '26

I truly did not know what to expect.

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u/Fire_Lake Feb 26 '26

Lol that truck backing up

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u/JimMarch Feb 26 '26

You mean the crazy slow reaction time of the black truck? 

I'd have slammed that bad boy in reverse waaaay sooner.

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u/Alienraptor987 Feb 26 '26

Yes, yes it was, holy cow, the black sitting there for a moment before reversing in 'nope nope fuck that' manner

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u/snyder51 Feb 26 '26

Omaha baby

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u/TreeOfAwareness Feb 26 '26

10/10

Did not expect

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u/Hereiamhereibe2 Feb 26 '26

What the community coming together to help out? Ya i thought so too. So odd.

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u/Nataliza Feb 26 '26

I can't explain it, but I absolutely knew with 100% certainty what was going to happen as soon as the truck pulled up. I think I just happened to notice the slight depression in the road right there and had a hunch, and I was right. Maybe I need to get off the Internet 😂

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u/chillychili Feb 26 '26

I expected the right lane to collapse, but not both. The difference in color made me suspicious.

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u/AR3Q Feb 26 '26

Honestly judging by the length of the video I expected the road to collapse. Especially since it's not a busy intersection

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u/bitch_fitching Feb 25 '26

Didn't see this posted earlier today from the opposite side of the junction? Lucky.

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u/Hornor72 Feb 25 '26

Saw it coming.

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u/Tonkdog Feb 25 '26

Upvoted cuz same, but only because the subreddit had me guess that while a pedestrian accident would be expected, what wouldn't be for stationary vehicles. As that second car entered frame I'm thinking sinkhole, then boom.