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Jaywalking Accident Injures Two People
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An Illinois couple, unaware of Madison's pedestrian safety laws, were seriously injured by a car while jaywalking across East Washington Avenue. Police and ambulance men carefully moved the injured couple to an ambulance. When taken to Methodist Hospital, the ambulance was blocked twice by a switching Milwaukee Railroad train.
July 28, 1959
Vinje, Arthur M., 1888-1972 (photographer)
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