Clark Gable auto accident (Los Angeles, California)

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Clark Gable was injured in a car crash on March 35, 1945, at the traffic circle at Sunset Blvd. and Bristol Ave. in the Los Angeles neighborhood of Brentwood. According to a press release from Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Gable was driving east on Sunset Blvd. and had entered the south half of the traffic circle when he was struck by another car, whose driver apparently had become confused by the "round- about" and was driving in a westerly direction on the same arc of the circle. Gable drove his car over a curb to avoid hitting the driver, and it struck a tree, throwing him against the steering wheel. He was treated at Cedars of Lebanon Hospital for a bruised chest and a cut on his right leg that required stitches. The driver of the other car drove away from the site without checking on Gable or reporting the accident. The hit-and-run accident gave rise to the urban legend that Gable had struck and killed a pedestrian while driving drunk, an incident that allegedly was covered up by MGM. Though reported in several biographies, there is no basis in fact for the allegations.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clark_Gable
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Coordinates:   34°3'23"N   118°29'17"W

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  • Sheesh - and to think it happened on a straight-away, not one of Sunset's myriad "dead man's curves"!
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