Toledo Sinkhole VIDEO: Ohio Hole Swallows Vehicle and Driver, Survives After Falling 20 Feet; Are Sinkholes Becoming More Common This Year?

Another sinkhole accident has occurred, this time in Toledo, Ohio. A sinkhole opened up in the middle of a road and swallowed a car and its driver. The driver survived after falling 20 feet into the sinkhole.

Pamela Knox, a 60-year-old resident of Toledo, was driving southward on North Detroit Avenue when a large sinkhole suddenly appeared, and she didn't have time to hit the breaks before she fell into the 20-feet deep and 10-feet wide hole.

Knox was trapped in the sinkhole for 10 minutes before help came. With the assistance of the Toledo Fire and Rescue Department, Knox was able to climb up a ladder and out of the hole, Weather.com reports.

She went to the hospital, but sustained no serious injuries.

A crane was used to pull her car out of the hole.

"We had a lot of rain lately and something must have washed out under the road," mayor Mike Bell told the Toledo Blade.

"Toledo has had 6.46 inches of rain since June 1," weather.com meteorologist Nick Wiltgen explains. "The average is 3.78 inches for that period."

The Toledo Blade reports a water main break beneath the street is likely to blame for the incident.

It seems as though sinkholes are opening up everywhere this year. In Florida, a sinkhole swallowed a man's bedroom while he slept, and neither his family nor rescue workers could ever find him, Yahoo! News reports. In Chicago, a sinkhole as wide as a city street swallowed three cars. And in China, sinkholes collapsed entire buildings.

However, geologists told The New York Times that there has not been an increase in the number of sinkholes this year. Instead, there has simply been more media attention concentrated on the phenomenon, which makes it seem as though they are cropping up more than ever before.

Take a look at the sinkhole here: