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Officials in New York City have announced thecause of death for a 56-year-old woman who died Monday afterfalling into an open manhole.
The reported victim,Donike Gocaj, fell 10 feet into the open manhole after stepping out of a parked SUV, according to WABC. She lived in Westchester County and had a son, a daughter, and two grandchildren, according to People.
On Wednesday,New York City’s chief medical examiner told People that Gocaj’s death was an accident, and that she died of “scald burns with inhalational thermal injury and blunt force trauma of the torso.”…