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Photograph was edited for publication purposes. Photograph article dated October 24, 1961 partially reads, "The three-mile, three-lane stretch of Sepulveda boulevard in Sylmar that claimed the lives of three persons over the past weekend has a dark history of traffic tragedy. Its total this year: Eight dead. Over the past decade 25 persons have died on the semi-rural section that cuts through the rolling foothills from the Golden State Freeway to the Valley. As in the case of the weekend accidents, many of them have been caused by head-on collisions in the center lane. Originally conceived by traffic engineers as an efficient system for allowing motorists to pass slow vehicles, the three-lane highway is now considered a death trap." Photograph caption reads, "Death trap intersection of Roxford-Sepulveda in Sylmar - Two died last weekend, eight have died this year, 25 dead in decade."
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