1972 Press Photo Auto Accident - Firemen with Tractor-Trailer Fire - noa17869

Auto Accident - Firemen hose down the wreckage of a tractor-trailer truck which crashed through a guard rail Friday on the Eastbound up-ramp of Interstate 10 near the Louisiana Superdome site. The truck cab dropped 15 feet to the ground and the empty trailer remained on the ramp. Raymond L. Sawyer Jr. of Spencer, Wisconsin, the truck driver, escaped unhurt. The gas tank exploded in flames after hitting the ground.

Photo is dated 1972.

Photo measures 10 x 8 inches.