Original 1947 AP Wirephoto from Rockville Centre, New York, showing a violently wrecked automobile engulfed in flames after colliding with a Long Island Rail Road train during a rainstorm. According to the original caption, 22-year-old driver Jerome Slotnick escaped death by leaping clear moments before the train struck the car. The impact caused the automobile's gasoline tank to explode. Separate original caption accompanies the photograph. Measures approximately 8 x 6½ inches overall. Note the tape remaining on the corners, along with typical age, handling wear and newsroom/archive use as pictured. This came from the archive of a Pittsburgh area newspaper. Dramatic railroad collision, fire and survival imagery.
