A sinkhole swallowed a truck driver in Japan. It’s expanding and ...
3 days ago · Japanese authorities have asked hundreds of residents near Tokyo to evacuate as a sinkhole at an intersection grew to more than 40 meters wide, hampering rescuers racing to reach an elderly truck ...
Japan sinkhole: Man trapped for days as rescue attempts …
3 days ago · TOKYO (AP) — A truck that fell into a sinkhole that suddenly opened on a road near Tokyo has captured national attention as attempts to rescue the elderly driver drag on. Residents near the hole ...
Japan tries to rescue man stuck in sinkhole. Here’s what’s going on.
4 days ago · There’s also been a renewed debate about Japan’s aging infrastructure. What happened? Just after the sinkhole appeared in Yashio City, just northeast of Tokyo, on Tuesday morning a 3-ton truck fell into it. At first the sinkhole was roughly 10 meters (33 feet) wide and 5-meters (16-feet) deep, but it has since grown to twice that size.
Driver still stuck in large sinkhole in Japan over 24 hours after …
5 days ago · Swimming pool-sized sinkhole traps truck driver in Japan 00:51. Rescuers were on Wednesday trying to save a Japanese truck driver stuck in a large sinkhole for more than 24 hours as local ...
Massive sinkhole swallows truck in Japan, trapping driver inside
5 days ago · Swimming pool-sized sinkhole traps truck driver in Japan 00:51. Japanese emergency services struggled for hours on Tuesday to rescue the driver of a truck that plunged into a massive sinkhole near ...
Japan tries to rescue man stuck in sinkhole. Here's what's going …
4 days ago · Police officers and rescue members prepare for a rescue mission in Yashio, northeast of Tokyo, Thursday, Jan. 30, 2025, two days after a truck fell into the sinkhole made on a street Tuesday.
Japan sinkhole grows to almost Olympic pool length with truck …
3 days ago · The sinkhole was roughly 10m wide and 5m deep but after it merged with another cave-in nearby, it expanded to 40m across, almost the length of an Olympic swimming pool.
Rescuers in Japan Try to Reach Driver Trapped in Sinkhole for Days
4 days ago · The 74-year-old man had stopped near an intersection in Saitama Prefecture when the sinkhole suddenly opened beneath the road, swallowing him with the truck, according to a witness interviewed by ...
20m-wide sinkhole in Japan: 1.2 million asked to refrain from …
3 days ago · A 1,800kg truck plummeted into a sinkhole in Japan’s Saitama prefecture on Jan 28. PHOTO: AFP. Road subsidence frequently occurs throughout Japan. According to the Road Bureau of the Land ...
Truck driver trapped for over 24 hours in sinkhole near Tokyo, Japan
4 days ago · A truck driver has spent more than 24 hours trapped under a sinkhole in Japan that swallowed his vehicle in the greater Tokyo area, national officials confirmed. The crater formed at a busy ...