September 1949
Events that took place in Fairfax County in September, 1949:
- September 16 – Impatient 26-year-old truck driver Chester L. Painter kills himself and 29-year-old John C. Miller when he crashes his truck, loaded with oxygen tanks, head-on into the gasoline tank truck driven by Miller on the Cub Run Bridge on Route 50 in Chantilly. In the inevitable inferno that follows, both Painter and Miller are burned to death.[1]
References
- ↑ "2 Drivers are Burned to Death in Tank Truck Crash on Bridge." The Washington Post (1923-1954): 1. Sep 17 1949. ProQuest. Web. 29 Aug. 2017 .
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