Title supplied by cataloger. Photograph caption dated May 13, 1981 reads, "RTD bus crossed center divider of La Brea Avenue, hit a Cadillac (center), and four other cars, then hit an embankment." 26 people were injured in his accident with a Line #212 bus at La Brea Avenue and Stocker Street in Baldwin Hills; miraculously, no one was killed.
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image
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1 photographic print :b&w ;22 x 36 cm. Photographic prints
Southern California Rapid Transit District California Highway Patrol--Employees Traffic accidents--California--Los Angeles Buses--California--Los Angeles Debris--California--Los Angeles Automobiles--California--Los Angeles Cadillac automobile Fire fighters--California--Los Angeles Police--California Streets--California--Baldwin Hills (Los Angeles) La Brea Avenue (Los Angeles, Calif.) Baldwin Hills (Los Angeles, Calif.) Los Angeles Herald-Examiner photographs Herald-Examiner Collection photographs
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