Original 1947 AP Wire Photo depicting the aftermath of a fatal auto-truck collision near Sacramento, California. The attached caption identifies injured passenger Barbara Buckley, age 18, being lifted from the wreckage while the body of driver Leland O. Hanson Jr. remains at the scene following a head-on crash. The caption further states authorities were told the drivers had been swerving from lane to lane before impact. The truck involved was loaded with tomatoes, several of which are visible scattered across the crash site. Measures approximately 7¾" x 7¼". Moderate handling wear, edge wear, corner wear, waviness, and remnants of caption tape are present from age and news archive storage. Please see photos.
