WeekInTime 74: Bloodthirsty Machines
The first American automobile fatality happens in 1899
It’s true what they say: no good deed goes unpunished. After exiting the trolley, a man turned to help the woman accompanying him. But he probably should have let her get out herself. This week in time, Henry Bliss was run over and killed by an electric car, becoming the first person to be killed by an automobile in the United States.
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