Edward Wehrly, the driver in a fatal traffic accident, testifies at the coroner's inquest, Los Angeles, 1932

Title: Edward Wehrly, the driver in a fatal traffic accident, testifies at the coroner's inquest, Los Angeles, 1932
Date Created: December 30, 1932
Publisher: Los Angeles Times
Language: No linguistic content
Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description: This photograph appears with the article, "Young Motorist Lays Crash to Wind; Driver Blamed in Deaths." Los Angeles Times, 31 Dec. 1932: A2.
Teenager Edward Wehrly testifies during the coroner's inquest about a fatal, single-car accident in which two teenage girls were killed and a young man was serious injured. Wehrly claimed a strong wind gust caused the accident, but the ruling at the inquest was that he did not take proper precautions.
Caption: Text from newspaper caption: Scene at Inquest. Deputy Corner Monfort on bench and Edward Wehrly, driver of ill-fated car, testifying in witness box.
Handwritten on negative: L to R: Montfort [sic] and Edward Wehrly
Text from negative sleeve: Webster, W. W.Atty. [Misfiled negative, should be with negative sleeve uclams_1429_4304: W. W. Webster]

Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections
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