Car stuck in Quito pothole. During a flash flood that was probably caused by deforestation this 4x4 broke through the tarmac crust to get stuck in a deep hole.
 
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PE1010: A car accident in central Quito, Ecuador. The wheels are stuck in a pothole, a flash flood, probably caused by deforestation of Andean cloudforests, has eroded the soft sediments beneath the road resulting in this 4x4 breaking through the tarmac crust to get firmly entrapped in a deep hole.
   
 
   
   
     
 

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