Rescue continues for truck driver trapped in Japan's Yashio sinkhole


Rescue operation for the truck driver in Yashio, Saitama Prefecture, at 8.18pm on Tuesday (Jan 28, 2025) - Photo: The Yomiuri Shimbun

YASHIO, (Japan): A rescue operation is still ongoing a day after a truck and its driver fell into a sinkhole on Tuesday (Jan 28).

Meanwhile, roughly 200 households near the cave-in were advised to evacuate due to fears of damaged gas pipes following the formation of another sinkhole in Yashio, Saitama Prefecture.

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