A truck and its driver have been swallowed by a sinkhole on a busy intersection in Japan, officials say ... which reported that rescue teams were pumping air into the hole to give the driver oxygen.

A large sinkhole appeared at a busy intersection in a Japanese city on Tuesday, swallowing a rubbish truck and trapping its driver inside. The incident took place in Yashio at around 10am local time, ...

The driver of the truck could communicate with rescue teams when his truck was first swallowed, but there are fears for his safety as sediment fills the hole.

A truck and its driver have been swallowed by a sinkhole on a busy intersection in Japan, officials say ... which reported that rescue teams were pumping air into the hole to give the driver oxygen.

A massive sinkhole swallowed up a truck after a huge chunk of a busy intersection caved in. The truck plunged into the hole at an intersection in Yashio City, just north of Tokyo, Japan ...