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Old 07-13-2009, 11:25 PM   #524
ZenGum
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Originally Posted by dar512 View Post
More stupid news. Daughter falls into manhole while texting.

And the parents are suing the city.

http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2009/...g-parents-sue/
serves her right.

The link contains a better link.

Not just any manhole.

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crews were flushing a high-pressure sewer line at the time.

"It was four or five feet, it was very painful. I kind of crawled out and the DEP guys came running and helped me," Longueria told the Staten Island Advance.
This is exactly why saturation coverage with CCTV is so important. When shit like that happens, I want to be able to watch it. Over and over again.


Mind you, I think the family have a partial case in the lawsuit:

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Sewer line workers are supposed to cut off pedestrian access to work sites or at least mark them with warning signs.
Which implies that they hadn't, and furthermore

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For its part, the Department of Environmental Protection said its workers had turned away briefly to grab some cones when the incident occurred.
I would have thought, safety barriers first, hole in the ground second. Unless they meant "grab some cones ..."
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