A sinkhole has swallowed a car with an entire family inside in Peru.

Emergency teams had to rescue them from the sinkhole, which was around five metres wide and three metres deep, using ropes.

A crane was later deployed to retrieve the vehicle.

No one appears to have been injured in the incident, which is believed to have been caused by heavy rain.

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