[rollei_list] Re: James Dean

  • From: Dave Wyman <davewyman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Sat, 12 Nov 2005 09:53:25 -0800


On Nov 11, 2005, Jerry wrote:

I did meet Don Turnipseed, an engineering student at Cal Poly
in San Luis Obispo,  He was the driver of the car that James Dean
hit while driving to the races in northern California.

Did James Dean's Porsche hit Turnupseed's Ford?

Photo's of Turnupseed's car (and a drawing recreating the accident scene) are here:

http://www.jamesdeanindeath.com/jamesdeanindeath_Turnupseed.html

Apparently the left fronts of both cars struck each other - Dean was speeding and Turnupseed shouldn't have turned left in front of Dean.


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