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Gruesome Cause of Death Revealed for Donike Gocaj, Grandma Who Fell Down NYC Manhole
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2:40Now PlayingThe Westchester grandmother who plunged into an open manhole in Midtown died of unimaginably painful injuries, the city’s medical examiner has revealed.
Donike Gocaj, of Briarcliff Manor, New York, suffered burns that included inhalational thermal injuries, along with blunt force trauma to her torso — all of which caused her death, the examiner found.
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