The accident happened this Tuesday and rescue teams continue to try to save the 74 -year -old man caught in sinking. The main theories argue that the crack was the product of problems in underground infrastructure.
A surprising and giant collapse caused a sinking In a street in the city of Yashio, located before the Prefecture of Saitama, north of Tokyo, Japanwhen a Japanese truck driver He was caught in a well that opened in the middle of the street, during the morning of Tuesday, January 28.
The Rescue equipment they acted instantly but continue trying to save and rescue the 74 -year -old man that fell with the truck inside the huge hole. One of the biggest problems focuses on the difficulty to get it out due to instability of the road and the opening of another sinking A few meters from the first.
According to the authorities, the great accident is the product of a Structural wear of the pipes and Underground materialsbelonging to the sewer network. In addition to the concern to rescue the caught man, all the community It is alert and worried since several people had to be evacuated.
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The complex and risky operational
At the time of the accident and at the beginning of the tragedy, the 74 -year -old man who handled a three -ton truckhe was aware and kept the communication With rescuers, although since the last hours of Tuesday it was not possible to establish some kind of contact.
During the early hours of Wednesday, the Main body of the truck It could be removed but the driver’s cabin continued inside the hole, which was initially 10 meters of broad for 6 depth, but that was growing and climbing until it reached 40 meters. As a result of this growth, rescue teams find very risky to continue approaching an area that increases their cracks and collapse.
How was the evacuation and safety of the area
The main cause of the accident is possibly in the corrosion of the pipes and wear they suffered as a consequence of the Constant Wastewater Current. Although in previous inspections, possible threats or problems had not been detected, the accident exposed the need for a control or change of the Underground infrastructure as urgent as possible.
With fear that the problem scales and increases the victims or affected, the authorities They evacuated residents of the area in a 200 meter radioin the midst of concerns to break the gas pipes and the accident is greater.
Source: Ambito
