D had a run-in, literally, with a manhole cover yesterday. She and M were taking some friends to the airport in the van. They were following a large tour bus down a newly constructed portion of the highway a when they suddenly struck a manhole cover (see above) which was for some odd reason standing at a 90 degree angle, half in the manhole and half straight up into the air, nearly ripping the gas tank off the van. Fortunately a sweet gentleman stopped to assist the damsels in distress, no one was injured, our friends made their flight. PTL!
Normally a manhole cover is a pretty innocuous thing. I mean who gives thought to those things? But lately there seems to be rash of incidents involving these large, round, metal plates and we think something sinister is at work:
- May 17, Los Angeles, CA - "An underground electrical transformer vault exploded...propelling a manhole cover into a city bus and sending the driver to the hospital"
- June 3, Jacksonville, FL - "Woman says manhole cover flipped and she fell in."
- June 6, Rochester, MN - "Displaced manhole cover damages car, leads to injury."
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