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Title
Fatal crash in La Puente
Alternative Title
Los Angeles Herald Examiner Photo Collection
Creator
Mullen, Mike
Date Created and/or Issued
Circa 1986
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
California Highway Patrol officers inspect the small car that collided with a Los Angeles County fire truck at the intersection of Amar Road and Sunset Avenue in La Puente. The truck ran a red light, struck the car driven by Sandra Ann Tagawa of Hacienda Heights, and dragged it 250 feet, ultimately killing Tagawa. As a result of her death, Tagawa's widower and son filed a lawsuit, claiming that the fire engine was speeding and did not activate the proper warning signals as it approached the intersection.
Type
image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w ;25 x 36 cm.
Photographic prints
Identifier
00094917
Herald Examiner Collection
HE_b004_f2_i7
CARL0005047222
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/32671
Subject
California Highway Patrol--Employees
Los Angeles County (Calif.).--Fire Department
Police--California
Traffic accidents--California--La Puente
Automobiles--California--La Puente
Fire engines--California--La Puente
Debris--California--La Puente
La Puente (Calif.)
Los Angeles Herald-Examiner photographs
Herald-Examiner Collection photographs

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