A giant sinkhole at a pool opened, killing one man and injuring another. Authorities confirmed on Thursday that the sinkhole suddenly formed beneath an in-ground pool at a venue in the village of Karmei Yosef in Israel.
Police identified Klil Kimhi as the victim who was allegedly attending a private celebration work gathering held by a company that rented space for its employees.
After his death, friends posted on Kimhi’s Facebook wall in honor of his memory. He was thanked for being “all the laughs” and “the best friend in the world,” as friends described him.
Hebrew-language newspaper, Israel Hayom, acknowledged Kimhi’s def writing, “Heart broken to pieces: Kalil Kamchi is the victim of the sink disaster in the private pool in [Karmei] Yosef. May his memory be a blessing.”
Swimmers can be shown on the tragic video trying to escape the sinkhole that pulled water and pool floats inside.
According to local reports in Israel. Hours after the emergency staff completed the search Kimhi’s body was found.
The cause of death has not yet been revealed.
“At the end of operational searches, The Police, The Fire and Rescue Services and the IDF Homefront Command located the missing man, an approximately 30-year-old resident of Tel Aviv — unfortunately, he was deceased,” the Israeli police said in a statement translated from Hebrew to English and provided to Fox News Digital.
The Israeli news site, Ynet, was told by Aviv Bublil, the lifeguard who worked at the pool party, that a “vortex” appeared in the pool around 2:00 p.m. Israel’s time.
She warned the people to get out of the pool, but they stayed,