Like something straight out of a sci-fi movie, a viral video of the Illinois soccer field sinkhole has captured the attention of people everywhere.
On Wednesday morning a soccer field in Alton, Illinois, gave way after a mine underneath the park collapsed.
Security camera footage shows the shocking moment that a 30-feet deep hole emerged at the field.
Illinois soccer field sinkhole
This is what happens when you build soccer fields above an underground mine.
A massive sinkhole has appeared in Alton, Illinois 100 feet wide by 30 feet deep. Thank goodness there was no one on the pitch when the disaster happened. pic.twitter.com/bSQg7dMIgf— World Soccer Talk (@worldsoccertalk) June 27, 2024
A giant sinkhole, about 100 feet wide, formed in the middle of a soccer field in Alton, Illinois, due to a mine collapse. pic.twitter.com/Sl5mKbyclj
— AccuWeather (@accuweather) June 27, 2024
We’re so glad this happened when a game or practice wasn’t scheduled or else this could have been a tragic story.
The fields sat above a limestone mine. New Frontier Materials, the mine operator, attributed the shocking moment to a “surface subsidence” per local news.
