Motorcyclist who vanished into sinkhole is found dead following search

A motorcyclist was recovered dormant aft vanishing into a monolithic sinkhole successful South Korea’s largest city. 

The sinkhole, estimated to beryllium astir 65 feet wide and 65 feet deep, opened up astatine an intersection successful the Myeongil-dong vicinity successful eastbound Seoul connected Monday afternoon, swallowing the unfortunate and injuring a pistillate whose van was passing implicit the area, officials told the Associated Press. 

The motorcyclist, identified arsenic a antheral successful his 30s, was recovered earlier noon connected Tuesday, exigency serviceman Kim Chang Seob announced during a televised briefing.  

Kim said the antheral was recovered wearing a helmet and motorcycle boots, and that rescue workers discovered his Japanese-made motorcycle and compartment telephone earlier reaching his body.  

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Rescue workers locomotion past a sinkhole extracurricular a works store connected a roadworthy successful Seoul connected March 25. (Anthony Wallace/AFP via Getty Images)

He was quoted by Reuters arsenic saying that it took archetypal responders astir 18 hours to find the unfortunate arsenic they had to pump retired h2o and excavation done ungraded and different debris. 

Kim added that rescuers utilized excavators, shovels and different instrumentality to find him. 

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A motorcyclist was recovered dormant wrong the sinkhole successful Seoul connected Tuesday, March 25, officials said. (Anthony Wallace/AFP via Getty Images)

The origin of the sinkhole remains nether investigation. 

The pistillate who was injured lone sustained insignificant injuries, according to Kim. 

An researcher takes photos of the sinkhole successful Seoul, South Korea, connected March 25, 2025. (Anthony Wallace/AFP via Getty Images)

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Dashboard camera footage taken astatine the country showed a conveyance bouncing arsenic it narrowly cleared the sinkhole, earlier the motorcycle operator plunged into the area, Reuters reported. 

The Associated Press contributed to this report.