Photo of Charles (left) and J.F(rank). Duryea in the 1894 Duryea gasoline car. From Outing magazine. From the Google books archive: Title Outing, Volume 51, page 212 Published 1908, Original from the University of California, Courtesy Wikimedia
On this day, May 30th, 1896 the first recorded car accident occurs in New York City .
Henry Wells of Springfield , Massachusetts was visiting NYC and while driving lost control the automobile, hitting a bicyclist. The bicyclist, Evelyn Thompson suffered from a fractured leg and Wells spent the night in jail.
Two months earlier, Charles and Frank Duryea produced the first gasoline powered car and co-founded the Duryea Motor Wagon Company. The earliest automobiles looked more like horseless carriages than the cars we know today.
Henry Wells of Springfield , Massachusetts was visiting NYC and while driving lost control the automobile, hitting a bicyclist. The bicyclist, Evelyn Thompson suffered from a fractured leg and Wells spent the night in jail.
Two months earlier, Charles and Frank Duryea produced the first gasoline powered car and co-founded the Duryea Motor Wagon Company. The earliest automobiles looked more like horseless carriages than the cars we know today.
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