Video player not working?0:000:000:00SettingsQualityAutoAudioSpeed1×CaptionsOffStupid Girl Falls Into Manhole While TextingDula TVFunny videos since 2008Thumbs up0Thumbs down0 Share2K views Jul 2009A teenager texting while walking falls into an uncovered sewer manhole, prompting a city investigation after she is rescued and taken to the hospital. Show transcript0:00It was an accident waiting to happen, an open sewer manhole and a girl who was walking and texting.0:06Now a city department has a lot of explaining to do, and CBS News Dave Carlin reports.0:11It was like something out of a movie.0:13Sliced and bruised is 15-year-old Alexa Longuera, whose sidewalk tumble into an open sewer Wednesday night is stirring up a city investigation.0:22This stupid mistake, they careless mistake, I got hurt, you know?0:25They are a pair of workers with the City Department of Environmental Protection who pulled the cover off the sewer on Victory Boulevard to flush it out.0:33Alexa's angry mother, Kim, calls what happened next criminal.0:37It was opened, the truck was parked behind that pole, and they walked a good, what, 10, 15 feet at least to go get the cones.0:48And left it open.0:49Right. Cones should have been here first.0:51Alexa, who was walking to the store with a friend, felt the earth move suddenly.0:55Everything was dark and smelly.0:57It was just really gross and just... and it was just shocking.1:02It was scary.1:03Alexa admits this is what she was doing, texting while walking, and she did not notice the open manhole cover.1:09Down she went 5 feet into the muck.1:11It was over my head.1:12She says an apologetic DEP worker helped her get out. She went to the hospital, and the city opened the investigation, issuing this statement: We regret that this happened and wish the young woman a speedy recovery.1:25Regardless if I'm texting or not, like, if there was cones there, I'm gonna see a big orange cone.1:30The family may sue the city. Medical bills are mounting, and Alexa lost one shoe.1:35Do you want that shoe back?1:36No, it could just stay there.1:38Dave Carlin, CBS 2 News.1:41The girl's mother said Alexa will see more doctors next week to get an MRI and check for damage to her spine.
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