SINGAPORE, July 28 -- A woman trapped in her car after it plunged into a sinkhole on Tanjong Katong Road South was pulled to safety by quick-thinking construction workers using a nylon rope.

The incident happened on the evening of July 26.

Construction foreman Pitchai Udaiyappan Subbiah and his crew rushed from a nearby PUB worksite after hearing a loud noise and spotting the car, The Straits Times reported.

They discovered a black car submerged in a gaping hole near their worksite.

"There was one car, and one woman was inside the car. I was thinking, somebody (fell) inside, I want to help," said Subbiah, speaking to reporters near the scene the next day.

While one worker initially offered to climb into the sinkhole, Subbiah quickly ...