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Order Number	00094941
Title	Gas station that makes motorists think twice
Photographer	Sergieff, Mike.
Collection ID	Herald Examiner Collection
Location/Accession	HE_b004_f2_i48
Date	1981
Physical Description	1 photographic print :b&w ;29 x 36 cm.
Description	Photograph caption dated January 18, 1981 reads, "Andy Soulanille surveys the twisted sheet metal that used to be a sleek Trans-Am." Soulanille, owner of the towing company at the S.N. Ward Mobil Station at 733 S. Arroyo Parkway in Pasadena, explains that the service station displays different wrecked cars each month in hopes of preventing future accidents and fatalities. Artoor Terminassians, 20, of Glendale, and Amirhossein Akhlarkhavery, 22, or Northridge, were killed in the Trans-Am on December 27 at 2 a.m. in Pasadena when the car veered out of control at speeds estimated at above 100 mph.
Subject	Service stations--California--Pasadena. Traffic accidents--California--Pasadena. Traffic fatalities--California--Pasadena. Automobiles--California--Pasadena. Debris--California--Pasadena. Streets--California--Pasadena. Pontiac automobile. Arroyo Parkway (Pasadena, Calif.). Pasadena (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