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.

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.

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.

Rescue teams are continuing efforts to rescue a 74-year-old man trapped in a sinkhole at an intersection in Yashio, Saitama, according to 'The Japan Times.' His vehicle was reportedly sucked into the approximately 40 meters wide and 15 meters deep sinkhole just before 10 a.

Officials in Yashio city, located north of Tokyo, are trying to rescue a 74-year-old man whose truck was swallowed by a massive sinkhole on Tuesday.View on euronews

A 74-year-old truck driver remains trapped in a sinkhole that opened earlier this week in Yashio, Japan. The sinkhole opened just before 10 a.m. local time Tuesday, according to the Yomiuri Shimbun newspaper, right before the truck driver drove over the area of the hole. The driver lost contact with rescuers on the surface at around 1 p.m.

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.