A woman plunged Friday into an 8-meter (26 feet) deep sinkhole in the Kuala Lumpur city center after the pavement she was on caved in, burying her alive, Malaysian authorities said.

The incident happened in Dang Wangi area of the Malaysian capital. Local police chief Sulizmie Affendy Sulaiman said based on eyewitness accounts, the woman was walking along the pavement when the earth suddenly collapsed beneath her.