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.

The man reportedly became trapped inside his truck when it fell into a sinkhole on Tuesday, Jan. 28A 74-year-old man is still waiting to be rescued after his truck was swallowed by a giant sinkhole near Tokyo four days ago.

Five households in the immediate vicinity of a massive, ever-widening sinkhole near Tokyo were urged to evacuate Sunday, with efforts to rescue a man stuck inside reportedly halted. A 74-year-old truck driver was swallowed Tuesday by the cavity which has since expanded to 40 meters (130 feet) across — almost the length of an Olympic swimming pool.