Mini in danger of being 'eaten' by giant freak sinkhole View 3 Images

A Cornish man’s car is precariously perched over a suspected mineshaft in a Redruth bakery car park — and it could still disappear beneath the surface.

Malcolm McKenzie’s Mini was dramatically caught in the collapse behind Berrymans Bakery, with the front end of the vehicle left hanging several feet above the newly formed sinkhole.

Malcolm said the car had shifted slightly overnight but now appeared to have settled — for the time being. Speaking on Sunday, November 2, he said: “The car is not in the hole yet but it's slightly further down than it was yesterday. It seems to have stabilised at where it is though because it has not moved much since the early hours of the morning.”

Emergency services were called to the

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