A truck driver has spent more than 24 hours trapped under a Japan sinkhole that swallowed his vehicle in the greater Tokyo ...

A sinkhole the size of a large swimming pool swallowed a driver and his truck in Yashio City, Japan on Monday morning.

Ono said he thought the sinkhole may have been caused by a "crack in the Nakagawa River Basin sewer pipe," NBC News reported. According to government officials in Saitama Prefecture, the collapse ...

The driver, a 74-year-old man, is believed to be trapped inside the truck's cabin. He was conscious and communicating with rescue workers earlier but has not responded since Tuesday afternoon, ...

He added that they estimate the sinkhole is about 33 feet wide — about the size of a swimming pool — and 20 feet deep. "Now, we're trying to see if we can pull up the truck using a large crane," he ...

Yashio City Police told NHK, a Japanese public broadcaster, that the investigation into the sinkhole is ongoing and that rescuers have not been able to speak with the trapped truck driver. Eight hours ...