A big hole opened up in a road near Tokyo, Japan. The hole grew very large - wider than four school buses parked together! It swallowed a truck with its driver inside. The driver is 74 years old, and people have been trying hard to find him.
After two weeks of searching, they found the truck's cabin inside a sewer pipe under the ground. They used special flying cameras called drones to look inside. These cameras showed what might be a person in the truck, but rescuers aren't sure if it's the missing driver.
The situation became dangerous for people living nearby. Officials asked hundreds of residents to leave their homes because the hole kept growing bigger. They even asked people not to take baths or wash clothes because the extra water could make things worse for the rescue team.
A smart scientist named Professor Oguchi explained that these holes rarely appear in Japan, but he said they might happen more often in the future. Many pipes under Japan's roads are very old—they were built about 42 years ago when the country was building lots of new things.
The rescue team faces big challenges. They can't bring their heavy machines close to the hole because the ground might break more. They plan to build a special ramp to reach the truck from a safer angle. Even though they've lifted parts of the truck out and sent cameras underground, they haven't been able to talk to the driver since the accident happened.
After two weeks of searching, they found the truck's cabin inside a sewer pipe under the ground. They used special flying cameras called drones to look inside. These cameras showed what might be a person in the truck, but rescuers aren't sure if it's the missing driver.
The situation became dangerous for people living nearby. Officials asked hundreds of residents to leave their homes because the hole kept growing bigger. They even asked people not to take baths or wash clothes because the extra water could make things worse for the rescue team.
A smart scientist named Professor Oguchi explained that these holes rarely appear in Japan, but he said they might happen more often in the future. Many pipes under Japan's roads are very old—they were built about 42 years ago when the country was building lots of new things.
The rescue team faces big challenges. They can't bring their heavy machines close to the hole because the ground might break more. They plan to build a special ramp to reach the truck from a safer angle. Even though they've lifted parts of the truck out and sent cameras underground, they haven't been able to talk to the driver since the accident happened.
