Japan trucker still stuck in sinkhole after 24 hours | ABS-CBN News
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- Опубликовано: 6 фев 2025
- Rescuers were on Wednesday trying to save a Japanese truck driver stuck in a sinkhole for more than 24 hours as local residents were evacuated over fears gas pipes could break.
Emergency workers in Yashio city outside Tokyo rushed to the scene on Tuesday morning after a road caved in and a lorry plunged into the hole that is around the width of two cars.
The driver was able to speak directly to rescuers until early Tuesday afternoon, but rescue workers had to retreat after the area around the hole became unstable, according to a fire department official.
"Rescue operations have continued around the clock but we haven't been able to contact the driver" since, another fire department spokesman told AFP Wednesday, adding that the driver was believed to be in his 70s.
The spokesman said that another sinkhole has since opened up nearby, and residents within a 200-metre (650-foot) radius had been evacuated.
Aerial TV footage showed the second sinkhole -- slightly bigger than the first, and just several meters away.
The main body of the truck was pulled from the first sinkhole at around 1 am, the spokesman said.
But the driver's cabin is still inside the hole, estimated to be about 10 meters wide and six meters deep.
© Agence France-Presse
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That's so wrong don't they have breathing equipment poor guy seriously prayers mate 😢
The sinkhole was 33ft deep. And there's no opening for them to send any relief support to him.
Dokodemo Door please
Omg
Have they got him out yet
Still no. I am really sorry for him and his family to have go through this, especially it happened before he retire 😢
@EddieT-ps1ye oh that's sad 😭
@@mrozboss Because of the rain, the rescue action was halted again on Feb 2. Hope the cabinet is strong enough to protect him from the derbis and waste, the rain water can give him a little bit of hope to continue to fight, not much time now 😢
@EddieT-ps1ye I just feel for the family can't be easy dealing with this
@@mrozboss Me too. They already know what would happen but they will still holding a slim hope in their heart until they see the reality. Now 1 second is like ten years in their heart 😭