Walking and texting may be hazardous to your health. So hazardous that you may just have to sue. And that's exactly what the parents of 15-year-old Alexa Longueira have done.

According to news reports, Alexa was so busy tapping out a text message on her cell phone while walking along Victory Boulevard in Staten Island that she didn't see the open manhole ahead of her.

You guessed it. She fell in.

The Department of Environmental Protection (“DEP”) said its workers had turned away briefly to grab some warning cones. “We regret that this happened and wish the young woman a speedy recovery,” DEP spokeswoman Mercedes Padilla said in a statement.

Alexa suffered some scrapes on her arms and back. “It was four or five feet, it was very painful. I kind of crawled out and the DEP guys came running and helped me,” Alexa said. “They were just like, 'I'm sorry! I'm sorry!'”

Now Alexa's parents are suing. “Oh my God, it was putrid. One of her sneakers is still down there,” her mother, Kim Longueira, said.

—Source: nbcnewyork.com