Yashio City

Fears grow for Japan truck driver swallowed by sinkhole as rescue enters 4th day – National

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Fears are growing for the health and safety of a truck driver who has now spent almost four days trapped in a sinkhole in Japan, after the road opened up and swallowed the truck he was driving. The 74-year-old driver, who has not been identified, first became trapped in the sinkhole when it opened up … Read more

Rescue underway as pool-sized sinkhole swallows truck and driver in Japan – National

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A large sinkhole has opened up near Tokyo, swallowing a truck with a man inside, and now the race is on to rescue him. Japanese emergency services in Yashio City, Saitama Prefecture, received calls just before 10 a.m. local time Tuesday morning that the massive sinkhole had appeared in a busy intersection and a truck … Read more