Wednesday, June 3, 2026 - A shocking video shows a woman plunging down a manhole after the cover unexpectedly gave way.
The shocking incident occurred in Brazil just two weeks
after Westchester grandmother Donike Gocaj, 56, di£d
from falling down a manhole in Midtown Manhattan.
The footage from Brazil shows Fabiana Rosa, 32, staring at
her phone while walking down a quiet street in Rio de Janeiro soon after
getting off a motorbike taxi on Sunday, May 31.
She steps on a covered manhole, only for the cover to flip
up, sending her plummeting straight into the drainage system below.
The motorbike taxi driver who had just dropped her off is
seen immediately running back to the scene as passersby rush over to
help.
Emergency services eventually managed to pull her to
safety.
“I thought I was going to di£, because the water was hitting
my chest and the hole was very deep,” Rosa told Brazilian media after being
taken to a nearby hospital.
She was struck by the manhole cover as she fell, suffering
injuries across her body.
The cover was incorrectly positioned after two would-be
metal thieves allegedly moved it during the night, according to local
reports.
Security footage from around 2 a.m. the previous night
reportedly shows two men removing the manhole cover before attempting to
reposition it without properly securing it.
See the video below.
In Rio de Janeiro, a woman didn’t notice a manhole and fell into it. The cover slammed shut.
— NEXTA (@nexta_tv) June 3, 2026
Fortunately, she was rescued by a passing motorcyclist. pic.twitter.com/B3G5bdys01
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