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A 56-year-old woman died overnight after falling into an open manhole when she stepped out of her vehicle in Midtown Manhattan, one of New Yorkers’ greatest fears.
The victim, whose name officials withheld, had parked her S.U.V. at the corner of East 52nd Street and Fifth Avenue late Monday, the police said. When she stepped out, she plunged 10 feet into an uncovered utility hole in front of the Cartier Mansion.
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It was unclear why the manhole was open. Allan Drury, a spokesman for Con Edison, said the utility company was investigating.
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The police said there were no arrests. There were no passengers in the woman’s vehicle, a Mercedes-Benz, and she was alone when she fell, according to the police.
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Missing manhole covers are a common problem in New York City. The Department of Environmental Protection, which is responsible for manholes connected to the sewer system, has fielded more than 700 service requests so far this year, according to the city’s 311 call data.
The woman’s death recalled that of a homeless man who was found dead in a manhole in 2019 two weeks after he stumbled into it.
Falling into an open manhole is one of the many urban nightmares New Yorkers worry about, along with falling through grates on the street, getting pushed onto the subway tracks and getting hit by a falling air-conditioner, among others.

Saknade brunnslock är ett vanligt problem i New York City. Department of Environmental Protection, som ansvarar för brunnar kopplade till avloppssystemet, har behandlat mer än 700 serviceförfrågningar hittills i år, enligt stadens 311-samtalsdata.
Kvinnans död påminde om en hemlös man som hittades död i en brunn 2019, två veckor efter att han snubblat ner i den.
Att falla ner i ett öppet brunnslock är en av de många urbana mardrömmar som New York-bor oroar sig för, tillsammans med att falla genom galler på gatan, bli knuffade på tunnelbanespåren och bli träffad av en fallande luftkonditionering, bland annat.