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A man has died in front of his friends after the pool he was in was emptied in seconds when a sinkhole opened up below.
The victim, who has not been named, was swept away yesterday when he fell into the chasm below in Karmei Yosef, Israel.
Another man, aged 34, had a narrow escape and required treatment by paramedics at the scene for lower body injuries.
Images from the scene show swimmers, who were attending a private work party, clinging to the sides of the pool as the sinkhole swallowed everything, including inflatables.
A woman who saw the hole starting to appear tried to get her friends to leave the pool. But it was too late.
She told the Ynet news site: “Seconds later, the floor just fell in… I saw two people just disappear.”
Another witness told Israel’s Channel 12: “The water level suddenly began to recede and a hole opened, creating a vortex that swept two people inside.”
The moment the hole in the pool sink opens in Karmei Yosef, Israel (Photo: Kann News) A man died after being sucked underground during a private pool party (Israel Fire & Rescue/ Facebook) A second man survived after walking away from sinkhole (Israeli police)
The search team spent four hours searching for the man’s body and used Go-Pro cameras on their helmets to help them.
Rescuers had to be cautious and build a support structure to prevent a second collapse.
Paramedic Uri Damari told The Jerusalem Post: “When I arrived at the scene I saw a well that had opened at the bottom of the empty pool.
“People who were on the scene told me that the pit suddenly opened and within seconds all the water was taken out of the pool.”
Police have launched an investigation into the death.
A helicopter has been used to search for other possible sinkholes in the area.
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