Woman wanted to ‘give up’ as she hung upside down in Tanjong Katong sinkhole

Almost half a year after falling into a sinkhole along Tanjong Katong Road South, the female driver involved has come forward to tell her story.

43-year-old Ms Pearlyn Lim said in an interview with Christian portal Salt & Light that she thought of her daughter as she was hanging upside down in her car, causing her to gather her wits and escape.

Woman was driving home when she fell into Tanjong Katong sinkhole

On 26 July 2025, Ms Lim was driving home after sending her friends home.

At about 5.50pm, she stopped at a junction in Tanjong Katong when a migrant worker held up a “stop sign”.

When she drove off, she felt an “odd bounce” in the road and heard people shouting “stop, stop!”.

She slammed the brakes, but saw the road around her buckle and open up into a hole, reaching her car.

Her black Mazda then dropped into the hole, with her in it.