[Photograph 2012.201.B0052.0672]
Description:
Photograph taken for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "HOT CHILI smolders in the wreckage of a semi-truck after the rig missed a turn on a fog-shrouded multi lane bridge south on Ft. Sill on U.S. 277, slammed into a guard rail and plunged down an embankment early Tuesday. The wreck burst into flames, igniting much of the truck's cargo -- 45,000 pounds of El Paso chili. The driver, Don Riffel, of Moore, escaped."
Date:
October 25, 1977
Creator:
John, Lisa
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Partner:
Oklahoma Historical Society