By Terri-ann Williams For Mailonline
Published: 12:04 BST, 7 May 2019 | Updated: 12:07 BST, 7 May 2019
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A motorist has said he thought 'hell had opened' after his car hit a gaping four-foot-deep pothole in a residential street.
Grant Parker was so stunned by the pothole that he decided to climb inside, after the road had fallen in due to the weight of his wheel.
The 46-year-old had been driving down a road in York when the concrete collapsed and the front portion of his Volvo C30 disappeared into the void.
Pictures taken by a resident on Granville Terrace in York show the motorist inside the hole with his head and shoulders popping out of the top.
Grant Parker (pictured above) was so shocked by the hole that he decided to climb inside it
The hole (pictured above) had opened up due to sewer collapse which occurs when escaped water washes away the road structure
Since the incident the hole has now been filled and the council said that 'liability' would not be with them
A City of York Council spokesman said the hole was the result of a sewer collapse, which occurs when escaped water washes away the structure of a road until it gives way.
Workers from Yorkshire Water, which is responsible for York's sewage system, have filled the hole in since it appeared on March 25.
Grant, who works as a landlord, said he
