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Order Number	00094936
Title	Runaway semi
Photographer	Sergieff, Mike.
Collection ID	Herald Examiner Collection
Location/Accession	HE_b004_f2_i40
Date	1980
Physical Description	1 photographic print :b&w ;29 x 36 cm.
Notes	Title supplied by cataloger.; Photograph was edited for publication purposes.
Historical Data	The Philharmonic Auditorium (upper left) was later demolished and replaced with a parking lot. The First German Methodist Church, a Googie coffee shop, and San Carlos Hotel (upper right) were later demolished and replaced with the headquarters for the Southern California Gas Company.
Description	Spectators look down Olive Street towards Pershing Square to see all of the wreckage caused by a semi-trailer truck that lost control. Driver Kenny Bus, 28, of Thousand Oaks, was driving at 7 a.m. when the brakes on his truck failed. He struck a light pole (center), set a Chevrolet Maverick afire (left), plowed into five taxis, and ultimately landed on one of the ramps heading down into the Pershing Square parking garage. Photograph dated July 31, 1980.
Subject	First German United Methodist Church (Los Angeles, Calif.). San Carlos Hotel (Los Angeles, Calif.). Traffic accidents--California--Los Angeles. Traffic accident victims--California--Los Angeles. Automobiles--California--Los Angeles. Hotels--California--Los Angeles. Maverick automobile. Debris--California--Los Angeles. Streets--California--Los Angeles. Church buildings--California--Los Angeles. Methodist church buildings--California--Los Angeles. Lost architecture--California--Los Angeles. Olive Street (Los Angeles, Calif.). Downtown Los Angeles (Los Angeles, Calif.). Los Angeles Herald-Examiner photographs. Herald-Examiner Collection photographs.
Format	Photographic prints
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