Found the truck after two weeks of excavations, you are looking for a driver
Two weeks after the tragic accident north of Tokyo, which saw a truck swallowed in a chasm that suddenly opened along a tangential, the cabin of the finished vehicle was found in a sewage pipe, while the fault went dangerously expanding beyond 40 meters , slowing down the rescue works. The operations have never stopped since the morning of January 28, assisted by heavy vehicles, use of drones and advanced techniques for excavations, while still trying to extract the 74 -year -old driver.
The flaw was formed in a center with high housing density, and in addition to sewage pipes – which have already caused inconvenience to the local population, explain the Japanese media, there is the risk of a high presence of sulfur hydrogen gases. The Governor Motohiro honor of the prefecture of Saitama, where the town of Yashio is located, the scene of the accident, said that it will take about three months to build a temporary bypass tube to stop the flow of water, and the rescuers will have to wait for the Completion of work before you can access the truck cabin. The artificial construction of a 30 -meter slope made it possible to use heavy equipment for work after a series of dangerous collapses, while 1.2 million residents were asked to temporarily reduce water consumption to prevent the losses of sewage hinders the operation.
