Emergency workers are struggling to rescue a truck driver who was swallowed by a sinkhole more than two days ago in a city just north of Tokyo.

       The 74-year-old man had stopped near an intersection in Saitama Prefecture when the sinkhole suddenly opened beneath the road, swallowing him with the truck, according to a witness interviewed by local media.

       The driver was alive immediately after the truck sank into the hole, responding to nearby rescuers, according to the public broadcaster NHK. However, a few hours later, a mudslide inside the hole caused dirt and rubble to fall onto the vehicle, burying it. The man has not responded to subsequent attempts to make contact.

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