A sinkhole opened up in Yashio City, Saitama prefecture, Japan, swallowing a truck during rush hour. The driver is trapped inside the vehicle as rescue efforts continue.
Police officers and rescue members are preparing for a rescue mission in Yashio, northeast of Tokyo, two days after a truck fell into a sinkhole. The incident has captured national attention since the sinkhole suddenly appeared in Yashio City in Saitama prefecture, just northeast of Tokyo, during the morning rush hour on Tuesday. The sinkhole was roughly 10m wide and 5m deep but has since grown to twice that size after it merged with another cave-in nearby.
The truck driver was last heard responding to rescuers on Tuesday afternoon, according to Yashio fire department official Yoshifumi Hashiguchi. Contact was lost after the truck became further buried under soil and debris, according to Japanese broadcaster NHK. First responders try to rescue the driver of a truck that fell into a sinkhole on a street in Yashio, northeast of Tokyo, on January 28, 2025. Television footage captured the asphalt road cracking and collapsing into the sinkhole, knocking down billboards. Authorities have tried to save the driver by lifting his truck with cranes, but they could only recover the loading platform, leaving behind the cabin where the driver is believed to be trapped. Officials have also tried without success to remove sediment and dig out the driver. They also flew a drone into the hole to see if rescue workers can climb down, but no progress has been made. Saitama prefectural sewer system official Jun Uehara said corrosion, possibly because of strong acid constantly passing through the system, might have created a hole in the pipe, causing soil above to fall in and create a large hollow space between it and the road. The Land, Infrastructure and Transport Ministry has ordered a nationwide inspection of sewer systems. Most of Japan’s main public infrastructure was built during the rapid economic growth of the 1960s and 1970s. The sewage pipe in Yashiro is about 40 years old
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