3-metre sinkhole appears on Bengaluru’s Brigade Road

A three-metre-deep sinkhole appeared on Brigade Road on Thursday afternoon, injuring a motorcyclist and causing massive traffic jams in central Bengaluru.

The sinkhole appeared two days after an under-construction metro pier fell on a family of four travelling on a motorcycle along the Outer Ring Road in HBR Layout, killing a woman techie and her toddler son.

While a 2.762-km metro line is being constructed under Brigade Road, it remains unclear what exactly caused the sinkhole.

As the motorcycle slipped into the sinkhole, the rider was quickly dragged away by people around. He escaped with minor injuries.