This is the shocking moment a woman goes missing without a trace after falling into a 26ft sinkhole in Kuala Lumpur.
Vijaya Lakshmi has been missing for five days after being swallowed by the sinkhole when the street collapsed beneath her feet in the Malaysian capital.
Chilling footage shows the moment the 48-year-old woman walks down the pavement before suddenly disappearing.
An initial search by Malaysian rescue teams found Ms Lakshmi’s shoes but no other sign of her. Telegraph report.
CCTV footage shows other people sitting on a nearby bench barely managing to collide with the woman.
Chilling footage shows Vijaya Lakshmi walking down the sidewalk as normal
![Moment a woman disappears without a trace after falling into an 8-meter sinkhole in Kuala Lumpur 7 Suddenly, the ground opens up and she falls, while others narrowly avoid a similar fate.](https://whatsnew2day.com/wp-content/uploads/cwv-webp-images/2024/08/1724858675_415_Moment-a-woman-disappears-without-a-trace-after-falling-into.jpg.webp)
Suddenly, the ground opens up and she falls, while others narrowly avoid a similar fate.
![Moment a woman disappears without a trace after falling into an 8-meter sinkhole in Kuala Lumpur 9 She has been missing for five days after being swallowed by the sinkhole.](https://whatsnew2day.com/wp-content/uploads/cwv-webp-images/2024/08/1724858676_367_Moment-a-woman-disappears-without-a-trace-after-falling-into.jpg.webp)
She has been missing for five days after being swallowed by the sinkhole.
![Moment a woman disappears without a trace after falling into an 8-meter sinkhole in Kuala Lumpur 11 A look at a sinkhole that opened up in the same area where an Indian woman fell into an eight-metre-deep sinkhole.](https://whatsnew2day.com/wp-content/uploads/cwv-webp-images/2024/08/1724858676_798_Moment-a-woman-disappears-without-a-trace-after-falling-into.jpg.webp)
A look at a sinkhole that opened up in the same area where an Indian woman fell into an eight-metre-deep sinkhole.
![Moment a woman disappears without a trace after falling into an 8-meter sinkhole in Kuala Lumpur 13 Rescuers say there are no other signs of the woman who fell through the hole.](https://whatsnew2day.com/wp-content/uploads/cwv-webp-images/2024/08/1724858677_301_Moment-a-woman-disappears-without-a-trace-after-falling-into.jpg.webp)
Rescuers say there are no other signs of the woman who fell through the hole.
![Moment a woman disappears without a trace after falling into an 8-meter sinkhole in Kuala Lumpur 15 Malaysian Fire and Rescue Department officials inspect the site where a woman fell into an eight-metre-deep sinkhole](https://whatsnew2day.com/wp-content/uploads/cwv-webp-images/2024/08/1724858677_726_Moment-a-woman-disappears-without-a-trace-after-falling-into.jpg.webp)
Malaysian Fire and Rescue Department officials inspect the site where a woman fell into an eight-metre-deep sinkhole
Datuk G Parameswaran, chairman of the Malaysian Water and Wastewater Quality Safety Association, told the Straits Times: ‘The wastewater is also very hard and the stream has a minimum flow velocity of one metre per second.
‘In theory, it could have travelled up to 86.4 kilometres in 24 hours.’
Lakshmi and her family are said to have been in Malaysia for about two months and were scheduled to fly home on Sunday.
Authorities have since provided counselling to the woman’s relatives, including her husband and son.
The shopping area, known for its goldsmiths and jewellers, is about a 10-minute drive from the city’s Petronas Twin Towers.
![Moment a woman disappears without a trace after falling into an 8-meter sinkhole in Kuala Lumpur 17 Search and rescue operations continue in Malaysia's capital.](https://whatsnew2day.com/wp-content/uploads/cwv-webp-images/2024/08/1724858678_300_Moment-a-woman-disappears-without-a-trace-after-falling-into.jpg.webp)
Search and rescue operations continue in Malaysia’s capital.
![Moment a woman disappears without a trace after falling into an 8-meter sinkhole in Kuala Lumpur 19 An initial search by Malaysian rescue teams found Ms Lakshmi's shoes.](https://whatsnew2day.com/wp-content/uploads/cwv-webp-images/2024/08/1724858678_699_Moment-a-woman-disappears-without-a-trace-after-falling-into.jpg.webp)
An initial search by Malaysian rescue teams found Ms Lakshmi’s shoes
![Moment a woman disappears without a trace after falling into an 8-meter sinkhole in Kuala Lumpur 21 Rescue efforts continue overnight as fire crews inspect the sinkhole.](https://whatsnew2day.com/wp-content/uploads/cwv-webp-images/2024/08/1724858679_539_Moment-a-woman-disappears-without-a-trace-after-falling-into.jpg.webp)
Rescue efforts continue overnight as fire crews inspect the sinkhole.
![Moment a woman disappears without a trace after falling into an 8-meter sinkhole in Kuala Lumpur 23 Crowds gather as wait drags on for missing Malaysian woman](https://whatsnew2day.com/wp-content/uploads/cwv-webp-images/2024/08/1724858679_467_Moment-a-woman-disappears-without-a-trace-after-falling-into.jpg.webp)
Crowds gather as wait drags on for missing Malaysian woman
![Moment a woman disappears without a trace after falling into an 8-meter sinkhole in Kuala Lumpur 25 The shopping area is known for its goldsmiths and jewelers and attracts many tourists.](https://whatsnew2day.com/wp-content/uploads/cwv-webp-images/2024/08/1724858680_981_Moment-a-woman-disappears-without-a-trace-after-falling-into.jpg.webp)
The shopping area is known for its goldsmiths and jewelers and attracts many tourists.