Authorities are investigating reports that the cover had been improperly replaced following an alleged attempted theft.

Her death triggered fears for New Yorkers and visitors alike, and now it’s been revealed just how the woman who fell into an open manhole in midtown Manhattan died.

An autopsy revealed Donike Gocaj’s cause of death as a combination of scald burns with inhalational thermal injury and blunt force trauma of the torso.

Terrifying video shows a woman plunging down a manhole after the cover unexpectedly gave way. The chilling security footage ...

A 56-year-old woman died after falling down an open manhole after exiting her parked car in midtown Manhattan near midnight May 18, police said.

Donike Gocaj had just parked the Mercedes-Benz SUV on East 52nd St. before stepping out of her vehicle and into the open manhole a moment later, cops said.

A witness who saw Donike Gocaj fall into the hole told WABC-TV she kept screaming, "I'm dying" over and over.

A woman died after falling into an uncovered manhole in front of 653 Fifth Ave. in Midtown Manhattan, according to the NYPD. No arrests have been made.

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