A truck cabin that was swallowed by a sinkhole in Japan two weeks ago has been located in a nearby sewer pipe, authorities say. Drone images suggest that a human body is inside the cabin, but it is unclear if it is that of the truck's missing 74-year-old driver.

A truck cabin swallowed by a sinkhole in Japan has been found in a sewer pipe and may contain the body of its missing driver, a fire department official said Wednesday. "After experts analysed photos taken with a

Japanese authorities have asked hundreds of residents near Tokyo to evacuate as a sinkhole at an intersection grew to more than 40 meters wide, hampering rescuers racing to reach an elderly truck driver whose vehicle was swallowed by the hole.

Another sinkhole has since opened up nearby, and residents within a 650-foot radius had been evacuated, a spokesman said.

Firefighters said they ended Sunday their search inside a sinkhole near Tokyo for a man whose truck was swallowed by it near

Water and debris continue to hamper the search for a truck driver now trapped for a week in a massive sinkhole that suddenly occurred in a city north of Tokyo.

Saitama Prefecture officials said the search for a missing 74-year-old truck stuck in a large sinkhole shifted to an underground sewage pipe on Sunday.

Firefighters have stopped searching for a truck driver in a sinkhole near Tokyo, Japan, after nearly two weeks. Rescue workers found no trace of the 74-year-old Japanese driver. The search is now shifting to an underground sewage pipe.