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EMTs Assist Injured Pedestrians5
EMTs Assist Injured Pedestrians5
EMTs Assist Injured Pedestrians5

EMTs Assist Injured Pedestrians5

Date1978
MediumEmulsion on paper
Dimensions5 x 5 in. (12.7 x 12.7 cm)
ClassificationsDocumentary Artifact
Catalog number2001.19.3437
DescriptionFirefighters and EMTs assist two injured people. A motorcycle is parked in the foreground. A car, an ambulance and two fire engines are parked in the background.

The Accident is next to the "Tip Top Hotel".

EMTs, firefighters and bystanders stand around George Cory, 57 and Viola Hitt, 49 who were hit by Mary Duke Gillespie, 21 as they attempted to illegally cross Apache Boulevard near River Drive.

Caption: Tempe Daily News 6/30/1978

A pair of pedestrians injured when they were struck by an automobile as they were crossing Apache boulevard near River drive, Thursday evening, recieve on-scene emergency treatment from city paramedics and police. It was the second pedestrian-auto accident in the city in two days...
The film negative of this photograph is housed in box 2G8-C.
Status
Not on view