Woman distracted by phone in stable condition after fall

A woman distracted by her cellphone is in stable condition a day after she fell over open basement access doors and dropped 6 feet (1.8 meters) into the opening in New Jersey.

Plainfield Public Safety Director Carl Riley says the woman remains hospitalized Friday.

Surveillance video captured the woman Thursday as she walked along a Plainfield street. The 67-year-old landed in the cellar of Acme Windows, where workers were repairing gas lines.

Police say the woman’s injuries were not life-threatening. Her name was not released.

Martin Delgadillo told WNBC-TV in New York he was standing outside his barbershop when he saw the woman plunge through the access door.

Delgadillo says she was looking at her phone when “she hit the door and fell right in.”

He says he thought texting and driving was bad. He says now, “it’s texting and walking.”