Car left stranded on column of earth

A family in China has been left marooned after they refused to move for a government project. Their house and car have been left in the lurch after government workers started digging around their possessions. The car now sits on a 50ft high column of earth in the mountainous Hanjiagen Village in northern China.

The government project is levelling several hills in the area to pave the way for new homes, but when Qu Liming and his family refused to leave the workers dug round them. Talking to the Chineese press, Mr Liming said; “My son drove his car in front of the house to stop the bulldozers from digging the soil, but unexpectedly, they dug out all the soil around the car, leaving the car perched on top of an isolated island”.

The family cannot move their car and have to climb a vertical cliff to reach their home. Mr Liming added, “Each day we really have to climb into the house, since the soil has been removed, and it’s a vertical cliff for us”.

The project owners and village officials have refused to comment on the situation.