Sinkhole appears in soccer field above an Illinois mine: 'out of a movie'

No one was present when the sinkhole, 100ft wide and 30ft deep, suddenly collapsed the field A vast sinkhole has dramatically appeared in middle of an Illinois soccer pitch that was laid above a limestone mine, just days after amateur teams stopped using the grounds for practice. The collapse happened at Gordon Moore Park in Alton, Illinois, about 18 miles (30km) north of St Louis, Missouri, on Wednesday. The sinkhole appeared to be 100ft (30m) wide and 30ft (9m) deep. No injuries have been repo...