A section of a road about 3 meters wide has collapsed in Osaka Prefecture, western Japan. No one has been injured.
The incident occurred near an intersection on the Senrioka-Mishima route in Settsu City on Sunday. Police received a call shortly after 3 p.m. regarding a depression in the road.
City officials say initially there was a sunken section about 3 meters wide and workers were trying to fill it. But they say the depression expanded to a sinkhole roughly 3 meters deep at around 6:30 p.m. on Sunday.
Officials say the cause of the sinkhole was damage to a part connecting underground sewage piping and a manhole.
The site is about 200 meters east of Settsu-shi Station on the Hankyu Railway line and usually sees a lot of traffic.
City officials plan to close a 700-meter section of road surrounding the site through Wednesday to conduct repair work.
AloJapan.com