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Title
Wrong-way driver kills 3
Alternative Title
Los Angeles Herald Examiner Photo Collection
Creator
Edwards, Michael
Date Created and/or Issued
1982
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
Title supplied by cataloger.
Photograph caption dated June 30, 1982 reads, "The aftermath of a 2-car crash on the eastbound side of the San Bernardino Freeway near the exit for City Terrace Drive. The car was heading westbound in the #5 lane when it collided with a Los Angeles County Fire Department station wagon. The 2 persons in the station wagon and 1 in the wrong-way vehicle were killed. The wrong-way driver was reportedly traveling at a high-rate of speed. The vehicles were a 1978 Pontiac Grand Prix, 2-door and a Chevy 4-door station wagon. The County Fire Dept. employees were working in the mechanical dept. No names of the victims have been released, pending notification of the next of kin. All 3 victims were males."
Type
image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w ;29 x 36 cm.
Photographic prints
Identifier
00094950
Herald Examiner Collection
HE_b004_f2_i61
CARL0005049716
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/33166
Subject
Los Angeles County (Calif.).--Fire Department--Employees
Traffic accidents--California--Los Angeles County
Traffic accident victims--California--Los Angeles County
Traffic fatalities--California--Los Angeles County
Pontiac Grand Prix automobile
Station wagons--California--Los Angeles County
Automobiles--California--Los Angeles County
Fire fighters--California--Los Angeles County
Fire engines--California--Los Angeles County
Express highways--California, Southern
Interstate 10
City Terrace (Los Angeles County, Calif.)
Los Angeles Herald-Examiner photographs
Herald-Examiner Collection photographs

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