Truck-Train Collision
https://collections.galtmuseum.com/link/descriptions90219
- Material Type
- Photograph
- Date Range
- 12 January 1971
- Description Level
- Item
- Accession No.
- 1991107615682
- Physical Description
- Black and white negative
- Scope and Content
- Aftermath of a truck-train collision on the eastern outskirts of Fort Macleod. A 21-year-old Tulsa, Oklahoma man, Larry Allan Hellard escaped serious injury when the semi-trailer truck he was driving was in collision with a Canadian Pacific freight train. Chester Arthur Hellard, his father and a p…
- Material Type
- Photograph
- Date Range
- 12 January 1971
- Description Level
- Item
- Creator
- The Lethbridge Herald
- Physical Description
- Black and white negative
- Physical Condition
- Excellent
- Scope and Content
- Aftermath of a truck-train collision on the eastern outskirts of Fort Macleod. A 21-year-old Tulsa, Oklahoma man, Larry Allan Hellard escaped serious injury when the semi-trailer truck he was driving was in collision with a Canadian Pacific freight train. Chester Arthur Hellard, his father and a passenger in the truck, received a broken leg in the accident. Both men were taken to the Fort Macleod hospital. RCMP reported the 1967 semi-trailer was demolished. There was no indication of damage to the train or the truck’s cargo of two oil pumper units. It was snowing at the time of the accident.
- Access Restrictions
- Public Access
- Accession No.
- 1991107615682
- Collection
- Archive
Images
{{ server.message }}