The huge pelvis coincides the truck in Japan, besieging the driver inside

Japanese emergency services struggled for hours on Tuesday to save a truck driver that fell to enormous sink Near Tokyo.

The authorities in the city of Yashio, Saitama, received calls at about 9:50 am (0050 GMT), saying that the road had decreased and a truck fell.

“A rescue has been carried out since then,” a firefighting administration spokesman told AFP.

He added that they estimate that the pelvis is about 33 feet – the size of the pool – and a depth of 20 feet.

“Now, we are trying to find out if we can pull the truck using a large crane,” he said. “There is a risk of the hole collapse.”

The spokesman said the driver was able to talk to rescuers until around 1:00 pm, but they retreated after the area surrounding the opening became unstable.

The team initially planned to save the driver by going to the sink, but two members were injured while trying to do so.

Kyodo News reported that the sewage system is going next to the intersection, and the cause of the road collapsed under investigation, Kyodo News said.

In 2016, a The huge pelvis appeared On a five -lax street in Hakata, Japan. This basin caused the power outage and delay in traffic, but the teams worked around the clock to fix the gap hole in the crowded street.

Last year, a Open open suddenly He swallowed the South Korean South -wheel drive vehicle, wounding two passengers.

According to the BBCThe largest basin in the world in China – its depth is more than 2100 feet.