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Wreckage of petroleum tanker

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Order Number	00082146
Title	Wreckage of petroleum tanker
Photographer	Gulker, Chris.
Collection ID	Herald Examiner Collection
Location/Accession	HH_b009_f5_i11
Date	1985
Physical Description	1 photographic print :b&w ;29 x 36 cm.
Notes	Title supplied by cataloger.
Description	Photograph caption reads: "The tractor stayed on the transition ramp 40 feet above, its driver trapped inside and critically injured. The tanker, carrying 6,500 gallons of crude oil, plunged to the pavement of the Long Beach Freeway where it crosses the San Bernardino, spilling half its sticky cargo. Traffic was stalled all day long as work crews cleaned up. The driver, Philip M. Ferris, 42, was freed from the cab by paramedics and taken to a hospital for emergency surgery." Photograph dated: Dec. 27, 1985.
Subject	Truck accidents--California--Monterey Park. Oil spills--California--Monterey Park. Express highways--California, Southern. Interstate 710. Monterey Park (Calif.). Los Angeles Herald-Examiner photographs. Herald-Examiner Collection photographs.
Format	Photographic prints
Credits	Made accessible through a grant from the John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation.
Reproduction Information	Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
Sub-Collection Name	Los Angeles Herald Examiner Photo Collection