Title supplied by cataloger. Photograph caption dated April 30, 1981 reads, "a-15-year-old girl was killed and eight people were injured yesterday when a pick-up truck bound for the beach completely turned over on the Santa Monica Freeway, throwing 10 young passengers riding in the open back across all four lanes of the freeway. A California Highway Patrol officer, left, gestures to crying woman and children after the incident." The accident occurred near the Overland Avenue exit in the Los Angeles community of Palms.
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image
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1 photographic print :b&w ;26 x 21 cm. Photographic prints
California Highway Patrol--Employees Traffic accidents--California--Los Angeles Traffic accident victims--California--Los Angeles Traffic fatalities--California--Los Angeles Child traffic fatalities--California--Los Angeles Children--California--Los Angeles Police--California Express highways--California, Southern Interstate 10 Palms (Los Angeles, Calif.) Los Angeles Herald-Examiner photographs Herald-Examiner Collection photographs
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