Road worker plunges into huge crack in Earth that split open during Iceland volcano eruption as frantic search launched

A MAN has plunged into a giant crack in Earth that split open after a volcano erupted in Iceland last month.

The road worker was filling crevasses formed by earthquakes and volcanic activity in the town of Grindavik before he fell into the abyss.

A man fell into this huge volcanic crack in Iceland

Hundreds of people have been searching for him since Wednesday, but they were forced to call it quits soon before midnight on Thursday due to a rockfall, Sky News reports.

“At midnight, we had to stop the search because we could not guarantee the safety of those who were working down in the crevasse,” Ulfar Ludviksson, the police chief in South Iceland, told local media.

“There was a rockfall at the top.”

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