Rescue teams are continuing efforts to rescue a 74-year-old man trapped in a sinkhole at an intersection in Yashio, Saitama, ...

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Emergency workers in Japan began building a ramp on Friday (Jan 31) to try and reach a 74-year-old truck driver who has not ...

Japanese authorities urge evacuation as a massive sinkhole in Saitama grows, hampering rescue efforts to free an elderly truck driver.

Officials in Yashio city, located north of Tokyo, are trying to rescue a 74-year-old man whose truck was swallowed by a ...

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The space between the two sinkholes in a prefectural road in Yashio, Saitama Prefecture, collapsed early on Thursday (Jan 30) ...

The 74-year-old man’s truck was swallowed by the hole, now 40 metres across and still caving in, with corroded sewage pipes a possible cause.

The sinkhole, which opened on 28 January in Saitama prefecture, swallowed the 1,800kg vehicle, trapping the truck driver. Rescuers initially heard the driver responding, but lost contact soon after.