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Cars sink as frozen car park melts

25 February 2016
A pick-up sinks into Lake Geneva (BBC)
A pick-up sinks into Lake Geneva (BBC)

 

A frozen lake being used as a car park during a winter festival in the United States made headlines when the vehicles started sinking.

When Lake Geneva in Wisconsin freezes it is used as a temporary parking area during Winter Fest, an annual event that includes the US National Snow Sculpting Championship.

On 6 February the car park started melting and 15 vehicles sunk into the lake after the ice cracked. Lake Geneva Fire Department called in divers to retrieve the submerged vehicles, ten of the...

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