TOKYO -- Efforts to rescue a 74-year-old truck driver are continuing on Friday, more than three days after a huge sinkhole trapped a truck north of Tokyo, as the widely televised incident horrified the whole nation and underscored the need to address the country's aging infrastructure.
The road cave-in accident happened on Tuesday at an intersection in Yashio, Saitama prefecture, north of Tokyo, creating a huge hole about six meters deep. The truck fell into the sinkhole and its cabin remains buried under soil and sand. The sinkhole was flooded with water, hampering rescue efforts.
