A young women disappears as the earth suddenly open up and swallowed a her while walking towards bus stop in the city of Lanzhou.

Her feet give way and she disappears into the ground, just a couple of feet away from stunned witnesses.

The unnamed woman appears to hit her head on the way down as her body vanishes from view. Later on in the footage, an onlooker leans over the side of the hole and films her half buried in mud several metres underground.

She is still conscious and desperately calls out for help. Emergency responders eventually rescued her from the hole and took her to hospital, where she was treated for two broken ribs.

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