Sunday, June 5, 2011

First recorded auto accident

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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