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Pedestrian-Auto Accident on Apache - June 1978
Pedestrian-Auto Accident on Apache - June 1978
Pedestrian-Auto Accident on Apache - June 1978

Pedestrian-Auto Accident on Apache - June 1978

DateJune 1978
MediumEmulsion on paper
Dimensions5 x 5 in. (12.7 x 12.7 cm)
ClassificationsDocumentary Artifact
Catalog number2001.19.3421
DescriptionEMTs, 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, receive on-scene emergency treatment from city paramedics and police. It was the second pedestrian-auto accident in the city in two days...

Location = near Tip Top Hotel on Apache Blvd.

The film negative of this photograph is housed in box 2G8-C.
Status
Not on view