The probability of driving over a sewer cover at the exact moment it launches from its hole has to be mighty slim. But then so are the odds of getting 8 or 9 inches of rain in a single weekend like we just did.
It happened to Cheri Kitoman, and it totaled her minivan.
On a trip to the grocery store, she was heading west on College Ave. at 104th St. about 9 p.m. Saturday when she heard a ka-boom.
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The 300-pound manhole cover could not withstand the water and air pressure from the bulging sewer below. Witnesses told Kitoman the blast lifted up the rear end of the van some five feet in the air.
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