A Report On The Accident That Killed Bill

 Vukovich In The 1955 Indianapolis 500-Mile-Race

       

 

 

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Picture from across backstretch showing fire truck has arrived.

General scene of accident.

Crowd forms around Vukovich wreck while officers circle scene to create barrier.

View looking north of the burning car and crowd.

A different photo but a lcoser view of the burning car.

Rescue workers had a gurney to take Vukovich but it was not used. Rescue workers carried him across the track on a stretcher.

Rescue workers prepare to raise car. Two well dressed men with white sheet approach car.

A rare color photo of the car showing Vukovich's hand from under the car.

The famous AP Wirephoto which went out over the wires and appeared on the front pages of most daily newspapers.

A closeup of the car from the same photo.

The rope has been attached to the car and is ready to be pulled up.

Car is pulled up by tow truck.

Rescue workers remove Vukovich from the car.

A shot from across the track showing the same operation. Old Timer Club members say tarps were to block view, not protect from heat.

As one man appears to hold his hat over his heart, what could be a body is carried across the track to the infield on what appears to be a gurney.

A shot of the car shortly after Vukovich was removed..

Damage to Steudebaker and Ford F-100 Pickup is well documented in this picture.

A closer view of damage to the Ford Pickup.

Damage to Speedway Safety Patrol Jeep. Note steering column bent down. Sgt. Richard Wolf of the Indiana National Guard had to be pried out and suffered broken collar bone.

Model of Jeep that Vukovich hit shown here in US Army colors and markings was 1953 M381 built primarily for military type use.

A closeup of the drivers area of the MS381 Jeep shows the steering column which in the accident was bent down on the lap of Sgt. Richard Wolf.

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