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Junkenpo · Jul 13th, 2009, 04:56 AM

And her parents are suing!

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31853449..._ny/?GT1=43001

Quote:

By Victoria Cavaliere
NBCNewYork.com
updated 11:20 a.m. HT, Sun., July 12, 2009

We all know that walking and texting is a tough combination -- but a Staten Island teen learned the hard way when she fell into an uncovered sewer manhole while trying to send a message.

Now, the family of Alexa Longueira, 15, intends to sue.

The girl suffered a fright and some scrapes on her arms back after she dropped into the hole on Victory Boulevard.

"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.. "They were just, like, 'I'm sorry! I'm sorry!"

For its part, the Department of Environmental Protection said its workers had turned away briefly to grab some cones when the incident occurred.

"We regret that this happened and wish the young woman a speedy recovery," DEP spokeswoman Mercedes Padilla said in a statement. She added that crews were flushing a high-pressure sewer line at the time.

The girl was checked out at Staten Island University Hospital and released.

Sewer line workers are supposed to cut off pedestrian access to work sites or at least mark them with warning signs.

The family said they will file a lawsuit -- for what, though, is not immediately clear. Her mother, Kim Longueira, said it doesn't matter that her daughter was walking and texting, and also, the 'gross' factor that can't be ignored.

"Oh my God, it was putrid," she said. "One of her sneakers is still down there".

I understand that they should've had rope or barriers up, but come on! That's like suing for walking into a street sign or telephone pole or tripping off the end of the sidewalk. If you are paying the slightest attention, you will not walk into a hole.

Glamfoxx · Jul 13th, 2009, 05:20 AM

People should watch where they are going...

InstantKarma · Jul 13th, 2009, 05:31 AM

Let's see how much they will sue for but the parents won't win the case but stranger things have happened...

bisousx · Jul 13th, 2009, 05:33 AM

Sad, because I could see this happening to myself...

Veelyn · Jul 13th, 2009, 10:44 AM

Yes, they should have had ropes or something up, but they were going to get cones. I agree that people should watch where they are going.

la miss · Jul 13th, 2009, 11:12 AM

Oh man that is just awful. I mean I've had my moments when I wasn't paying attention and I walked into a mailbox or a lamppost. I think I would be traumatized for life if I fell into a manhole full of sewage. Ewwwwwww.

HauteMama · Jul 13th, 2009, 11:26 AM

Unfortunately, they will almost certainly win a settlement of some sort. The manhole WAS open, and it wasn't barricaded, so that makes either the workers or the city liable. Sad that people can walk around completely oblivious to the world around them and then blame someone else when they get hurt, though.

Jahpson · Jul 13th, 2009, 12:51 PM

although it was careless for the manhole to be open like that, I can't help but think that age old lesson "look where you walk"

bagaholic85 · Jul 13th, 2009, 12:53 PM

shes lucky. my dad has a coworker that lost a daughter texting while she was about to cross the street. the car came too close to the curb and hit her. so sad

NagaJolokia · Jul 13th, 2009, 01:46 PM

*sigh* These kids give kids a bad name.

bag-mania · Jul 13th, 2009, 01:56 PM

Unfortunately this kind of thing will happen more and more since people have become oblivious to what is going on around them because they are obsessed with their own little cyber world.

Louiebabeee · Jul 13th, 2009, 03:52 PM

lol..Im not going to text when im walking anymore..I actuily have walked into a sign =/ ...................

JSH812 · Jul 13th, 2009, 05:08 PM

Geez.

But I'm not surprised they are suing. Everyone is just looking for a lawsuit these days.....

PurseXaXholic · Jul 13th, 2009, 05:10 PM

Originally Posted by bisousx

Sad, because I could see this happening to myself...

That's exactly what I thought when i read this.

MACsarah · Jul 13th, 2009, 05:19 PM

lol, what happened to just watch where your going?

wow... Are we suppost to be feel bad for her?

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Jul 13th, 2009, 01:56 PM	#11
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JSH812 horses&hounds Joined: Jan 2008 Location: wild&wonderful Posts: 2,609	Geez. But I'm not surprised they are suing. Everyone is just looking for a lawsuit these days.....

Jul 13th, 2009, 05:19 PM	#15
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