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Title
Bus wreck
Alternative Title
Los Angeles Herald Examiner Photo Collection
Creator
Knudsen, Anne
Date Created and/or Issued
1985
Contributing Institution
Los Angeles Public Library
Collection
Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information
Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
Description
Photograph caption dated October 6, 1985 reads, "paramedics rush injured RTD driver to an ambulance after his bus slammed into a lamp standard in effort to avoid van that turned in front of him. Investigators said 44 people ranging in age from 11 to 85 suffered minor injuries in the crash that occurred Friday at 46th and Figueroa streets south of downtown. No one was immediately cited or arrested."
Type
image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w ;29 x 36 cm.
Photographic prints
Identifier
00095473
Herald Examiner Collection
HE_b006_f1_i38
CARL0005067480
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/33531
Subject
Southern California Rapid Transit District
Buses--California--Los Angeles
Traffic accidents--California--Los Angeles
Traffic accident victims--California--Los Angeles
Fire fighters--California--Los Angeles
Allied health personnel--California--Los Angeles
Streets--California--South Los Angeles (Los Angeles)
Figueroa Street (Los Angeles, Calif.)
South Los Angeles (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Los Angeles Herald-Examiner photographs
Herald-Examiner Collection photographs

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