Horror last moments of two men as they're boiled to death in car

Irish Daily Mirror

29-05-2025

In a horrifying incident in Russia, two men were boiled to death when their car plummeted into a sinkhole filled with boiling water.
CCTV footage captured the horrifying moment when a Lada car, carrying the two men, rolled into the sinkhole in the city of Penza, located 340 miles south of Moscow.
The video shows the car being rapidly swallowed by bubbling water, and according to police, the pair died "almost instantly" due to the extreme temperatures of 167F (75C) in November 2019 at around 9.35am.
The footage shows bystanders helplessly watching as the sinkhole, which had formed due to a burst hot water pipe beneath the road, swallowed the vehicle. In Russia, it's common for hot water to be piped into buildings.
The Lada Riva, a Russian car, can be seen entering the frame from the top, seemingly heading straight towards the hole before making a futile attempt to swerve at the last second. But it was too late for the occupants to escape, and the car toppled over and fell into the hole, reports the Mirror US.
Onlookers could only watch in horror as the car was boiled with the two men still trapped inside. "Sadly people were killed," one witness said.
A reporter from the local news website, Penza Vzglyad, revealed that another car had driven over the same spot just minutes before the accident. "The driver noticed ground beginning to steam - and quickly drove off. Then these two men came. They parked - and the asphalt collapsed right under them."
A heart-wrenching calamity that unfolded due to a sinkhole has led to furious online backlash against city officials.
Following the disastrous event, a delegation of high-ranking authorities was seen at the calamity's location.
Post the tragic accident, emergency teams were able to retrieve the victims' bodies once the water supply was halted. Announcing details, the local emergency department reported: "A car fell as a result of the ground collapsing."
In many Russian urban areas, central heating is provided through pipes bursting with hot water, which heat up residents' radiators. The duty of ensuring this water is at the right temperature falls on nearby boiler stations or combined heat and power plants.
This essential heating kicks in for homes when the daily average temperature dwells below eight degrees Celsius over five straight days.
Typically, residents in European Russia expect their heating season from October to May. However, unseasonably cold spells sometimes strike earlier than anticipated, such as the unexpected September snowfall witnessed in the Volga region and Urals during 2019.