Tokyo (AP) – The body of a truck driver was recovered on Friday three months after his vehicle fell a abyss This suddenly appeared while he was driving on a road near Tokyo.
The 3-ton truck fell into Yashio City's hole, just northeast of the Japanese capital in January. During a previous research and rescue operation, workers tried to lift the truck, but only its flat bed came out. The 74 -year -old driver, trapped in the truck cabin, would have been swept away at a place at around 30 meters (yards) downstream.
Friday, after three months of preparation to build a safe underground route so that the workers reach the targeted area, the rescuers carrying helmets and combinations of dangers entered inside and recovered the body, said officials.
Experts say that the Yashio chasm was caused by corrosion in the drain pipes. The unstable floor and a hollow space below had embarrassed the rescue, while the residents were invited to reduce the use of water to minimize wastewater in the area.
The case was a call for awakening on aging infrastructure in JapanWhere most of its main public infrastructure was built during rapid economic growth in the 1960s and 1970s.
According to the Ministry of Lands, Infrastructures and Transport, more than 10,500 chasms were found across Japan, many of which were linked to sewer installations in urban areas.
The mayor of Yashio Shinobu Oyama, in a statement, offered his prayer for the driver and his condolences to his family. He is committed to doing his best for the rapid reconstruction of the damaged road.
