<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>A couple's drive to the airport has taken a shocking turn after their hire car fell into a large sinkhole in </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/adelaide" rel="" target="" title="Adelaide"><span>Adelaide</span></a><span>.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The crater at Hyde Park, caused by a burst water main, swallowed the front wheels of the Kia van, which then became stuck for two hours.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>A burst main also caused an early-morning deluge on Park Street.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/bushfires-victoria-death-longwood-fire/6d742b08-2d80-4c4c-974f-5d917941adac"><strong><span>Body found in bushfire-hit area of Victoria</span></strong></a><span></span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"We're just standing here watching the car sink and there was no one here, like I was directing traffic initially," witness Sanja Nikolic said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The water threatened homes and flowed into a cellar below a young family's home as other residents watched it move dangerously close.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The visitors caught on their way to the airport were from the Northern Territory and making their way to return the rental car before a flight home.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/sinkhole-adelaide-couple-car-fall/b37708cb-98ca-4f15-980b-21c81186919b" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/teenager-fatally-stabbed-melbourne-cbd/49568461-b077-41da-9de0-f4c353b1f50a"><strong><span>Man, 19, arrested after teenager found fatally stabbed in CBD</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>They first drove into what was a small ditch, and soon there was no turning back.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"We could still see the number plate of the car, like it was submerged maybe that much, but then over time, it's been maybe an hour," Nikolic said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/villawood-detention-centre-death-sydney/63521b86-cd52-427c-a381-5a6f617d5980"><strong><span>Murder probe after man, 51, dies at immigration detention centre</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Both the driver and her passenger managed to get out of the van and caught an Uber to the airport.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Two hours later, SA Water crews finally cut the supply, leaving about 50 homes without water.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The car was eventually pulled from the crater.</span></div></div>