<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/15600767-3fe6-43c3-ad09-71ad366f1f31/1E875046-46FD-4BF1-AC54-EDB23AA80103/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.insidetech.com/news/articles/5263-dangers-of-texting-girl-falls-to-sewer-through-manhole?utm_source=nlet&utm_content=it_r7_20090715_RISK" href="http://www.insidetech.com/news/articles/5263-dangers-of-texting-girl-falls-to-sewer-through-manhole?utm_source=nlet&utm_content=it_r7_20090715_RISK" style="font-size: 11px;">www.insidetech.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.insidetech.com/news/articles/5263-dangers-of-texting-girl-falls-to-sewer-through-manhole?utm_source=nlet&utm_content=it_r7_20090715_RISK"><DIV>A teenager walking along the streets in Staten Island recently suffered an embarrassing mistake when she walked into an open sewer while sending text messages on her cell phone.</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.insidetech.com/news/articles/5263-dangers-of-texting-girl-falls-to-sewer-through-manhole?utm_source=nlet&utm_content=it_r7_20090715_RISK">Alexa Longueira, 15, suffered deep cuts and bruises after she fell through a manhole that was uncovered and reportedly left unattended</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.insidetech.com/news/articles/5263-dangers-of-texting-girl-falls-to-sewer-through-manhole?utm_source=nlet&utm_content=it_r7_20090715_RISK"><DIV> “It was just really gross and<A href="http://wcbstv.com/local/texting.manhole.raw.2.1081403.html" rel="nofollow"> it was shocking and scary</A>," Longueira said about the incident.  “Because of their careless mistake I got hurt.”</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.insidetech.com/news/articles/5263-dangers-of-texting-girl-falls-to-sewer-through-manhole?utm_source=nlet&utm_content=it_r7_20090715_RISK"><DIV> “Regardless of whether I’m texting or not if there was a cone there I’m going to see a big orange cone.  I walk that sidewalk every day, I don’t expect a big hole there.”</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.insidetech.com/news/articles/5263-dangers-of-texting-girl-falls-to-sewer-through-manhole?utm_source=nlet&utm_content=it_r7_20090715_RISK">It’s becoming increasingly common to hear about people occasionally trip in fall, walk into a door or pole, or some other type of clumsy mistake while texting on their phone</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.insidetech.com/news/articles/5263-dangers-of-texting-girl-falls-to-sewer-through-manhole?utm_source=nlet&utm_content=it_r7_20090715_RISK"><P>InsideTech update (7-14, 5PM <SPAN class="caps">PST</SPAN>): It appears that the family of the girl in this story has now decided to <A href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31853449/">sue the city</A> for her misadventure. 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