Man swallowed by sink in Seoul found dead

A man who fell into a great sink in the capital of South Korea, Seoul, has been found dead, according to the local fire department.

The man mounted his motorcycle in the Gangdong district when the road gave in at 6.30 pm local time (9.30 am GMT) on Monday.

Rescuers found their body under earth on Tuesday morning around 11 am local time, about 50m (164 feet) where it had fallen.

A car driver was also injured in the incident, which has gone viral on the social networks of South Korea.

A Dashcam video that circulates widely online seems to show at the time the road yielded near a traffic crossing. It shows that the motorcyclist falls into the hole, while a car traveling in front of him escapes it by little.

Earlier on Tuesday, rescuers found a mobile phone and motorcycle on the hole that is 20 m wide and 20 m deep, according to local media.

The man, who is said to be 30 years old, has not yet been appointed by the authorities.

Kim Chang-Sseop, head of the Gangdong Fire Station, said in an previous information session that there were 2,000 tons of earth and water mixed inside the hole.

The authorities have not yet revealed the cause of the sink.

A report recently submitted to the Government of the City of Seoul shows that there have been 223 sinks in the city in the last decade.

In January, a truck driver disappeared later His truck fell into a sink at a cross in the Japanese city of Yashio.

Last August, a search for a woman who disappeared in a pavement sink in the center of the city of Kuala Lumpur was called after a week.

One of the most common reasons for a sink is when rocks like limestone or chalk break. Sometimes, this process can occur gradually, where depression becomes bigger over time.

In other cases, the limestone is under another rock layer, which means that as it dissolves there are no immediate signs on the surface.

The overlying rock, sometimes clay or sandstone, will suddenly collapse in depression underneath; This is called collapse sink.

But human activities, such as excavation work, can also accelerate the formation of sinks or make the ground collapse in a similar way.