Man Dies After Being Sucked Into Sinkhole Under Swimming Pool
Bizarre/Strange
Saturday 23rd, July 2022
A man has died after being sucked into a sinkhole which opened up under a swimming pool in an Israeli villa.
The man, who was named in Israeli news reports as 32 year old Klil Kimhi was swimming in the pool at the moment when the sinkhole opened up underneath and he was sucked into a 13 metre deep cavity.
Mr Kimhi was at the villa in the town of Karmei Yosef, approximately 40 kilometres west of Jerusalem attending a market company party.
It took rescuers four hours to reach Mr Kimhi due to concerns of other sinkholes opening.
Police have said that a man and a woman in their 60s are suspected of causing death by negligence.
They both have appeared in court and have been released under "restrictive conditions of house arrest" for five days.
The man, who was named in Israeli news reports as 32 year old Klil Kimhi was swimming in the pool at the moment when the sinkhole opened up underneath and he was sucked into a 13 metre deep cavity.
Mr Kimhi was at the villa in the town of Karmei Yosef, approximately 40 kilometres west of Jerusalem attending a market company party.
It took rescuers four hours to reach Mr Kimhi due to concerns of other sinkholes opening.
Police have said that a man and a woman in their 60s are suspected of causing death by negligence.
They both have appeared in court and have been released under "restrictive conditions of house arrest" for five days.
