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Commercial truck accidents in Phoenix present unique challenges for injury victims due to the complex nature of trucking regulations, multiple potentially liable parties, and the severe injuries that often result from these crashes. Common causes include driver fatigue from exceeding federally mandated hours of service, inadequate vehicle maintenance leading to mechanical failures, and distracted driving—particularly concerning on Phoenix's busy I-10 and I-17 corridors.
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Thursday, June 29, 1967Area:
New Orleans, LAIn Biloxi, Mississippi, for an engagement at the Gus Stevens Supper Club, Mansfield stayed at the Cabana Courtyard Apartments near the club. After an evening appearance on June 28, 1967, Mansfield, her lover Sam Brody, their driver, Ronnie Harrison, with three of her children – Miklós, Zoltán and Mariska – set out in Stevens' 1966 Buick Electra 225. They were headed for New Orleans, where Mansfield was scheduled to appear for an early-morning television interview. On June 29 at approximately 2:25am, on U.S.
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Friday, September 30, 1955At 5:45 PM on September 30, 1955, 24-year-old actor James Dean is killed in Cholame, California, when the Porsche he is driving hits a Ford Tudor sedan at an intersection.
The driver of the other car, 23-year-old California Polytechnic State University student Donald Turnupseed, was dazed but mostly uninjured; Dean’s passenger, German Porsche mechanic Rolf Wütherich was badly injured but survived.