Deadly Truck Accident

(Original Caption) Sometimes fate plays with a man first, like a cat with a mouse. this panel delivery truck went around on its top, throwing the driver clear,. Then it toppled over on top of him, killing him instantly. Most poignant part of the story is that the man had driven 45 miles from Pasco to Walla Walla, WA, where his wife had given birth to a child. On the long drive back, he evidently dozed at the wheel.
(Original Caption) Sometimes fate plays with a man first, like a cat with a mouse. this panel delivery truck went around on its top, throwing the driver clear,. Then it toppled over on top of him, killing him instantly. Most poignant part of the story is that the man had driven 45 miles from Pasco to Walla Walla, WA, where his wife had given birth to a child. On the long drive back, he evidently dozed at the wheel.
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November 19, 1949
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