[xxqqzz]

She stepped out of her car at night and into a manhole (personhole) and was scalded to death by the steam. Supposedly, a truck had dislodged the cover and they are treating it as an accident.

[Sarah Barracuda]

She was heard screaming “IM DYING IM DYING” just horrible what a horrible horrible way to go

[kawhill]

“Woman in freak NYC manhole accident didn’t die from fall itself, medical examiner says”. You don’t read about this kind of stuff every day.

[butlerweave]

I never park near one I’m afraid I might drop my car keys down it but this

[PghBaldy]

Poor woman. I hope she did not suffer long.

[BenLurkin]

“While it’s not known just how a truck can dislodge a manhole cover”

It tiddlywinks.

[mbrfl]

Horrible story. Accidents happen, but damn, this one sounds particularly brutal.

[Inyo-Mono]

I didn’t know there was scaling water and steam in a manhole. I’ve never seen that before, is it a New York thing?

[HartleyMBaldwin]

A terrible story. I’ve been scalded by steam, not very badly but it was a really painful type of burn.

Two things seem odd about this incident. First, how a truck could completely dislodge a manhole cover if the cover was properly placed entirely within the supporting ring. Many, many trucks drive over manhole covers every day without shifting the covers at all. Perhaps someone stole the manhole cover, but then the surveillance video should have shown that. Second, I’d think that a lethal amount of steam would send up a pretty big cloud out of the open manhole cover.

I think there’s more to this story than we know yet.

[Governor Dinwiddie]

When someone wants to secure a heavy piece of steel, normally one uses strong bolts.

[grey_whiskers]

Inhalation thermal injury sounds excruciating — your very windpipe and lungs feel like they’re on fire, and yet you MUST breathe.

[jerod]

This goes back to that advice that every parent gives to their children... Look where you going.

If you don’t, bad things can obviously happen.

[MayflowerMadam]

Yes. She cooked. TERRIBLE!

[Hot Tabasco]

There is a small town in northern Michigan that has an iron works. East Jordan Iron Works.

They ship their man hole covers all over the world. It was cool to see some when I was stationed in Panama back in 1970.