Friday, June 5, 2009

First auto accident fatality in the U.S.

Henry Hale Bliss was the first recorded auto accident fatality in the United States. In September 1899, Bliss was struck by a taxi cab at the intersection of 74th Street and Central Park West in New York, when he paused to help a woman passenger get out of a trolley car. Bliss died the next day. A ceremonial plaque was dedicated to at this site in September 1999.
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