Japanese emergency services had trouble for hours on Tuesday to save the driver of a truck that plunged into a huge chasm Near Tokyo.
The authorities of Yashio City, Saitama, received calls around 9:50 am (0050 GMT) saying that a road had collapsed and a truck had fallen.
“We have been carrying out a rescue operation since,” said a spokesperson for the fire service at AFP about seven hours later.
He added that they believe that the chasm is about 33 feet wide – the size of a swimming pool – and 20 feet deep.
“Now we are trying to see if we can shoot the truck with a large crane,” he said. “There is a risk for the hole to collapse.”
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The driver was able to speak with the rescuers until 1:00 p.m., but they withdrew after the area around the hole became unstable, the spokesman said.
The team initially planned to save the driver when entering the abyss, but two members were slightly injured when they were trying to do so.
A sewer system crosses the surroundings of the intersection, and the cause of the collapse of the road is under investigation, Kyodo News reported.
In 2016, a A massive abyss appeared In a five -track street in Hakata, Japan. This chasm caused breakdowns and traffic delays, but the crews worked 24 hours a day to repair the gaping hole in the animated street.
Last year, a dila And swallowed a SUV in Seoul, South Korea, injuring the two occupants.
According to the BBCThe largest chasm in the world is in China – measuring more than 2,100 feet deep.
