Motorcyclist who disappeared into huge Seoul sinkhole found dead

The motorcyclist, who was in his 30s, was found before noon on Tuesday, emergency officer Kim Chang Seob told a televised briefing

The sinkhole appeared in Seoul, South Korea (Suh Dae-hyun/Yonhap via AP)

A motorcyclist who fell into a huge sinkhole that opened on a Seoul street has been found dead after an overnight search, officials in South Korea’s capital said.

The sinkhole, roughly 20 metres wide and 20 metres deep, appeared at an intersection in the Myeongil-dong neighbourhood in eastern Seoul on Monday afternoon, swallowing the motorcyclist and injuring a woman whose van was passing over the site, according to officials.