A woman and her two grandchildren narrowly avoided a manhole cover explosion in Poughkeepsie, New York. See the dramatic ...

Poughkeepsie is about 85 miles north of New York City. It happened nearly eight years after manhole cover almost struck a woman amid a flash flood in Gloucester in the UK.

A New York woman and her grandchildren escaped unharmed from what was supposed to be a leisurely stroll but almost became a nightmare when manhole cover exploded near them. Video published by the ...