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Title
Insect blamed for causing driver's death
Alternative Title
Los Angeles Herald Examiner Photo Collection
Creator
Mullen, Mike
Date Created and/or Issued
1980
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 caption dated April 8, 1980 reads, "Mark Allen Kaletta, 21, of Los Angeles is shocked after the truck he was driving struck a car in West Los Angeles yesterday, killing the car's driver, according tot he California Highway Patrol. Richard Williams, 50, of Santa Monica was killed immediately after his car was hit at the intersection of Constitution Avenue and Sepulveda Boulevard. Authorities said Kaletta was hit in the face by an insect, probably a bee, and was momentarily distracted. He braked to avoid hitting a small car in front of him, but the truck swerved into the intersection and hit Williams' car. Neither Kaletta nor the driver of the small car was hurt."
Type
image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm.
Photographic prints
Identifier
00094780
Herald Examiner Collection
HE_b005_f1_i29
CARL0005058005
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/33215
Subject
California Highway Patrol--Employees
Traffic accidents--California--Los Angeles
Traffic accident victims--California--Los Angeles
Traffic fatalities--California--Los Angeles
Trucks--California--Los Angeles
Automobiles--California--Los Angeles
Automobiles--Towing--California--Los Angeles
Police--California
Streets--California--Westwood (Los Angeles)
Westwood (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Los Angeles Herald-Examiner photographs
Herald-Examiner Collection photographs

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