Terrifying footage shows the moment Anastasia Pearce, three, 'almost died' as she plummeted down a 6ft manhole after running across it in a communal garden in Stourbridge, West Midlands. Thankfully the youngster escaped the fall with just a swollen knee and a lump on her head, but her 'horrified' mother Dani-Leigh Pearce, 32, says the dramatic accident 'could have broken her daughter's neck'. The girl’s father blasted water firm Severn Trent for the 'barely covered' manhole and believed the company should have had a thicker and more secure cover in place. #news #uknews #toddler #manhole #fallingdown #scary #uk Daily Mail Website: https://www.dailymail.co.uk Daily Mail Facebook: https://facebook.com/dailymail Daily Mail IG: https://instagram.com/dailymail Daily Mail Snap: https://snapchat.com/discover/Daily-Ma... Daily Mail Twitter: https://twitter.com/MailOnline Daily Mail Pinterest: https://pinterest.co.uk/dailymail Get the free Daily Mail mobile app: https://dailymail.co.uk/mobile