They Were Going 'Well Over 80'



Photo Title

They Were Going 'Well Over 80'

Photographer/Creator

Jack Ekert

Collection

Publisher

New York Daily News

Caption/Description

Body of Vincent Hollister, 17, is draped like a lifeless doll over the door of car in which he and pal, Brian Coccoran, 20, died when it careened into a tree on Route 9G north of Poughkeepsie. A sheriff's deputy estimated they had been doing 'well over 80.' Picture was published July 18, l955.

Citation

Jack Ekert, "They Were Going 'Well Over 80'," in POYi Archive, Item #2244, http://archive.poy.org/items/show/2244 (accessed November 22, 2024).

Date Added

07.03.2008