The sinkhole swallowed a driveway outside a Merthyr Tydfil home He added that the council would "move heaven and Earth" to make sure it does not happen again. "The culvert is checked every two years.

Pictures from the scene show part of a driveway and garden wall falling into the hole. Local councillor David Hughes told BBC it was believed a culvert had collapsed. READ MORE: READ MORE ...

The Ministry of Transportation is responsible for those public culverts, but in a Tuesday statement, claimed it was a "private residential driveway culvert" that failed to handle the runoff.