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WATCH: Massive sinkhole swallows five people at bus stop in China

No one was killed in the incident but four people sustained minor injuries.

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A SINKHOLE IN a northeastern Chinese city swallowed five people in a dramatic scene that was captured on security video and shared widely on Chinese social media.

A provincial broadcaster said four people were injured in the Saturday incident in the provincial capital of Harbin.

The surveillance camera video shows pedestrians walking or standing on the sidewalk when it suddenly gave in.

Three people fell straight into the hole, while a woman clung to pipes just underneath the sidewalk. Another person standing on the edge fell sideways into the hole.

Heilongjiang Network Broadcasting Television said the people were probably waiting for a bus because it occurred at a bus stop. The bus sign also was swallowed by the sinkhole, the broadcaster said.

Passers-by pulled the victims from the hole, which was about three metres deep, the broadcaster said.

It said four received minor injuries to their feet, legs, arms and shoulders.

It was not immediately clear what caused the sidewalk to collapse.

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    Mar 7th 2013, 8:35 AM

    Likely at some time in the past they decided to lay off all their competent IT people and/or outsourced the work to a cheap 3rd party to save money. Well, they’re paying for that now. Though I doubt the people who made that decision will be held accountable by anyone.

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    Mar 7th 2013, 8:00 AM

    Ulster Bank – The bank that likes to fly by the seat of it’s pants.

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    Mute Shane McCoy
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    Mar 7th 2013, 9:19 AM

    My dad lost his job in RBS due to them outsourcing work to India – when will companies realise this does not work??

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    Mar 7th 2013, 8:21 AM

    Is their IT system made out of Lego?! What a shambles.

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    Mar 7th 2013, 8:13 AM

    Ulster bank is an utter disgrace!

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    Mute Peadar Grant
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    Mar 7th 2013, 8:46 AM

    The main media organisations in this country haven’t exactly chased UB for a detailed explanation of what went wrong the first time, neither have any of the politicians.

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    Mute Brian Daly
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    Mar 7th 2013, 12:40 PM

    It’s the first time that a banks ATM network has gone down temporarily. What makes this news is what happened last year.

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    Mar 7th 2013, 8:58 AM

    It’s headline news when things are working normally for Ulster Bank.

    What does that tell you?

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    Mar 7th 2013, 9:03 AM

    Much bigger bonuses please or management will take their talents elsewhere.

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    Mar 7th 2013, 10:09 AM

    No, definitely not running as normal yet…

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    Mar 7th 2013, 3:00 PM

    Computer says no.

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    Mar 7th 2013, 10:50 AM

    Internet banking was down too

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    Mar 7th 2013, 11:32 AM

    No point in complaining about there ” service ” vote with your feet move to another bank ANY other bank. That’s what I’ve done. Happy days

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    Mar 7th 2013, 12:43 PM

    The main thing is that it doesn’t matter how many cock ups they make, bonuses are go! Banking is the only industry where complete incompetence can be rewarded by public bailouts and the management continuing to get huge bonuses.

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    Mar 7th 2013, 11:44 AM

    Was In the process of switchignored from Boi to UB , after reading this I’m cancelling that idea and going to ehh….which bank isn’t fcked right now?

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    Mar 7th 2013, 11:44 AM

    *switching

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