Saitama, Apr 25 (News On Japan) –
Nearly three months after a highway collapse in Yashio City, Saitama Prefecture, authorities are making ready to renew the seek for the lacking truck driver as early as subsequent week.
The accident occurred in January this 12 months when a piece of highway in Yashio gave manner, inflicting a truck to fall into the sinkhole. The 74-year-old male driver is believed to have been trapped within the driver’s seat, which stays contained in the sewer pipe.
According to the prefectural authorities, the drainage work to divert the sewage that had obstructed the search was accomplished on April twenty fourth. Based on interviews with these concerned, preparations are actually underway to restart the search as early as subsequent week.
Officials from the prefecture and native hearth division plan to enter the sewer pipe by way of a gap drilled immediately above the car. Using heavy equipment, they goal to take away the whole part of the car containing the driving force’s seat to proceed with the search.
Source: TBS