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Title
RTD bus crashes into yard, four hurt
Alternative Title
Los Angeles Herald Examiner Photo Collection
Creator
Haering, Michael
Date Created and/or Issued
1987
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 also used in articles dated January 9, 1987 and February 22, 1987.; Title supplied by cataloger.
Photograph caption dated January 10, 1987 reads, "The curious gather to survey the scene after an RTD bus, swerving to avoid a car, crashed into several parked vehicles before hitting a tree in the front yard of a home at Willowbrook Avenue and 130th Street. The driver and three of the passengers were slightly injured in the accident yesterday morning during rush hour, said RTD spokesman Marc Littman. He said the accident is under investigation, and the driver will be tested for drugs under RTD regulations that require such tests after any accident causing injuries or more than $1,000 damage."
Type
image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w ;23 x 34 cm. on sheet 29 x 36 cm.
Photographic prints
Identifier
00095488
Herald Examiner Collection
HE_b006_f2_i1-1
CARL0005098010
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/30001
Subject
Southern California Rapid Transit District
Buses--California--Compton
Traffic accidents--California--Compton
Dwellings--California--Compton
Compton (Calif.)
Los Angeles Herald-Examiner photographs
Herald-Examiner Collection photographs

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