00:00today we're delving into the stories behind car crashes of vintage america
00:04these narratives often carry heavy emotions and end in tragedy casting a sobering light on the
00:11video nevertheless it's imperative to reflect on the lessons from our past mistakes and value the
00:18life we have today two men were killed when their car struck a concrete bridge abutment
00:23on us-71 near waldron arkansas this photograph was titled calling the shot if any spot could be
00:33called convenient for a traffic accident this could be it this overturned automobile with two
00:39missing wheels was the result of the driver failing to see the sharp curve on the speedway road in
00:44washington dc in 1922. this guardrail saved the driver from going over the embankment but caused
00:51him to turn into the fence as the front hub caught on the fence wires the worst accident in bloody
00:58301's
00:58history occurred on june 6 1957 when 41 migrant workers were riding on a flatbed truck when it
01:07collided with a truck hauling potatoes the impact caused the farm truck to burst into flames as the
01:13flatbed spun sidelong flinging out its occupants and killing 21 people the driver of this car fell
01:20asleep a few seconds while driving at 25 miles per hour at around about six miles east of merengue
01:26iowa d.l yarnall on june 6 1925 one man was killed and another injured in a traffic accident due
01:36to speeding in harrison maryland in 1920. on september 14 1936 a sleeper collided with a three-section
01:45hand railing of a concrete box culvert on u.s highway number 283 north of dodge city
01:52on november 11 1936 an automobile passed directly in front of a passing train on the baltimore and
02:00ohio railroad derailing the passenger train and killing the auto driver on june 17 1940 a buick coupe
02:09was hit by a passenger train at ashland avenue crossing of the s prr north of fresno california
02:17the deadliest drunken driving crash in the nation's history happened on may 14 1988 on interstate 71
02:25in carroll county kentucky the bus carried 67 church group members returning from a youth trip to mason
02:32ohio's king's island amusement park around 11 pm the bus full of children was struck by a black pickup
02:39truck driven by a very drunk larry wayne mahoney he had been driving on the wrong side of the
02:45interstate the impact disabled the bus's front door and broke the gas tank in just a few minutes
02:51flames surrounded the bus the lack of emergency exits the gas tank's fragility the seat's flammability
02:57and a cooler blocking the only functioning exit all contributed to the high fatality rate
03:0327 passengers died and most of the remaining 34 were gravely injured the drunk driver was sentenced to 16
03:11years in prison and was released after serving nine and a half years on december 1st 1947 a smash-up
03:19occurred on rain-wet arroyo seco parkway in los angeles a collision of two automobiles on the freeway
03:25halted the traffic forming a long line of cars at the end of the column one car's brakes slipped
03:32ramming the car ahead of him causing a chain reaction and injuring seven people
03:38on an 18 concrete paving in the north of sedalia colorado a woman broke both of her legs in a
03:45head-on
03:45collision it's the same old story when it's a choice between a train and an automobile the latter doesn't
03:51have a chance in the early 1900s accidents usually happen due to slippery roads this automobile was
03:59slipped on red clay after a rain note the wheel guard on the bridge is all that holds the auto
04:06the state was outraged back in 1983 when seven people were killed in a crash at the stratford toll
04:14plaza along the northbound lanes of interstate 95. on january 19th 1983 just before 3 pm the traffic
04:23began to build on i-95 two cars were lining up in the exact change only line of the toll
04:29plaza
04:30where trucks are not permitted a semi-truck full of yams and sweet potatoes collided with the two cars at
04:36the toll plaza a terrible fire broke out debris was everywhere and a third car collided with the truck's
04:43rear seven women and children were killed in the crash most burned beyond recognition but the semi
04:50truck driver charles klutz of north carolina survived it was determined that klutz was entering the toll
04:56plaza area too fast followed by a brake failure in 1984 he was convicted on seven counts of negligent
05:05homicide and sentenced to prison in july 1924 a bootlegger driving a borrowed stutz touring car
05:12was killed after running into a tree at 70 miles per hour the 50 gallons of corn liquor he was
05:19transporting was destroyed and confiscated in july 1911 a car slipped on the road and capsized in bloomfield
05:28connecticut after seeing the accident another machine following this one reversed and went over
05:34the bank just below one of the occupants of the latter car was killed in august 1928 four were instantly
05:44killed in a car wreck at grade crossing near fountain colorado in a municipal railroad crossing accident at
05:51third and calamath denver colorado a car was knocked against a pole by a passenger train killing the
05:57woman driver in 1920 a truck was wrecked due to reckless driving on baltimore washington road harrison
06:05maryland the driver was killed and another man was hurt on august 2nd 1946 an estimated 60 people
06:14were injured when a commuter bus crashed through a heavy stone railing on the lincoln memorial bridge
06:20which spans the potomac river in washington dc the accident occurred at the peak of the morning rush hour
06:27just 100 yards from the lincoln memorial after colliding with an automobile the bus swerved into the
06:34bridge railing teetering momentarily on the edge it then plunged and landed upside down on a driveway 30
06:41feet below about 50 feet from the water's edge drivers often have been accused of wrapping the car around
06:48a telephone pole this driver seems to have done a thorough job of it deep drainage ditches are
06:54frequent and often cannot be avoided in louisiana this car plunged into a ditch on u.s route 90 north
07:01of
07:01raceland louisiana in 1951. all the passengers of this crashed car in 1912 were drunk fortunately none of
07:11them were killed a truck was wrecked due to a collision with a culvert headwall on u.s route 1
07:16south of
07:17murkirk maryland on may 15 1942. a streetcar and an automobile collided on independence avenue between
07:25new jersey avenue and south capitol street in october 1946. thank you for joining us if you found this
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07:39and always prioritize safety on the roads
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