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Singapore: Lady driver pulled out of sinkhole by Indian man, other workers

Singapore: Lady driver pulled out of sinkhole by Indian man, other workers

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Singapore, Jul 27 (PTI) A 46-year-old Indian foreman was among several workers who rescued a woman from her car after it fell into a sinkhole in Singapore, according to a media report on Sunday.
The sinkhole developed along the city-state's Tanjong Katong Road South thoroughfare on Saturday, Channel News Asia reported. Sinkholes are rare on Singapore roads.
Pitchai Udaiyappan Subbiah, a foreman, was working at a nearby site when the car fell into a sinkhole.
'I leaned in to see if there were people in the car, and I saw one person come out of the car," the report quoted him as saying.
'I immediately said that we had to rescue her," said Subbiah, who spoke in both Tamil and English.
He, along with other workers, used a rope to pull the driver of the car to safety.
Some workers had wanted to go into the sinkhole to pull the woman up, but Subbiah advised against it, telling them to throw a rope down instead.
'You go down, you also cannot climb up," he said. According to the report, the sinkhole was initially dry, but water began to flow in later.
The Land Transport Authority said early Sunday morning that the road will be closed until further notice and that it is working with the Public Utilities Board and the Building and Construction Authority to monitor the repairs.
It added that preliminary checks indicate that surrounding buildings are not affected. PTI GS GRS GRS
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