A woman and her two grandchildren narrowly avoided a manhole cover explosion in Poughkeepsie, New York. See the dramatic ...

Exploding manholes narrowly missed a grandmother and two grandkids who were walking.

A grandmother dodged an "exploding" manhole. In Poughkeepsie, New York, a family was strolling down the sidewalk after an ...

A manhole explosion in Poughkeepsie, New York narrowly missed a woman walking with two children on the sidewalk Monday.

A New York woman and her grandkids narrowly escaped injury when a manhole cover exploded just steps behind them in ...

Lisa Davis just missed the blast on Saturday in Poughkeepsie as she and her two grandchildren were walking on a sidewalk after ... a woman walking over the manhole cover while pushing a stroller ...

A woman pushing a stroller and walking with a small child narrowly avoided serious injury when a manhole exploded just ...

POUGHKEEPSIE, N.Y. (CNN/CNN Newsource/KWWL/KPTV/WKRC) - A woman and two small children narrowly escaped injury after a manhole explosion erupted just feet away from them on a sidewalk.

The manholes exploded on a sidewalk in Poughkeepsie in upstate ... It happened nearly eight years after manhole cover almost struck a woman amid a flash flood in Gloucester in the UK.