article_snippet.sent: Shocking pictures show the gaping chasm - which was around eight foot (2.4 metres) wide - with a section of surrounding road also looking on the verge of collapse.
article_snippet.sent: It just collapsed but It gave way really slowly.
article_snippet.sent: but when I went outside, I saw the residential road had collapsed.
article_snippet.sent: Police were here pretty quick but cars had to swerve out of the way until we went out and stopped Police . '
article_snippet.sent: Gradual: One eyewitness said the residential roadgave way really slowly' as people watched on .
article_snippet.sent: Unbelievable: Another person watching the residential road collapse was 'like something you would see in
article_snippet.sent: There was loads of traffic.
article_snippet.sent: It backed up for a good few miles.'
article_snippet.sent: The five foot wide by two and a half foot long hole which suddenly appeared in London today .
article_snippet.sent: Passers-by reported hearing a loud scream before A woman fell into the gap and early reports suggested A woman had been pushing a pram - although it's now thought it was a shopping trolley.