My mom got tangled up with a semi truck in 1984 one month after I graduated HS. She was decapitated at brow, neck and her arm also. The semi ran over the driver side of the car and her. I feel so sorry for Mariska because I know exactly how traumatic this event was. I'm now 56yo and still am not over it. It's terrible.
Iam so sorry for your loss I graduated I. 1983 in high school so sorry 😞 you are right you are never over a loss never , my daughter died at 5 mos old pneumonia !! I still miss her everyday , but your momma such a horrible way . Sending prayers and hugs your way ❤️🙏
@@dc4092 Oh my goodness. I am so sorry about your daughter. Now that I'm a mom it would be way, way worse to lose your child than your mother. I am so sorry for you from the bottom of my heart and soul. I am sending love and prayers for you to have peace.❤️🩹🙏🙏. God bless you.
@@dc4092 Thank you for the kindness you extended to me. In these times, you don't know how I appreciate it. Does my heart good. Wish the world was filled with kind people like you. The world needs it.🙏🙏
@@TheSilvergold45 So if someone needs to go somewhere, they have kids, and it's nighttime.... if they need to get somewhere urgently and they take their kids they are "stupid"? That comment is a better example of ignorance. Get over yourself SJW clown.
Thank you for your explanation of what truly happened as the rumors were always told of Jane driving her pink convertible Cadillac as well as being decapitated. So hopefully this puts a stop to such horrific statements to a devastating tragedy. Rose C.
Just goes to show the LIE's and deceit the news media tell to sell their papers and to manipulate us all the time. It really is disgusting what they do.
The family had an on-air interview when Mariska was only about 3 years old. It's adorable that Jane introduced her children to the world. Mariska's Father was a world class body builder & Gorgeous. That's where she gets her looks. I commend her Father for taking care of his children after their Mother died. 🙏🏻
I and 3 fellow Marines passed the accident scene en route from Pensacola to New Orleans for a weekend liberty. I recall that it took several hours of crawling along to reach the scene, and I remember the terribly mangled car. We didn't find out until the next day who the victims were. Passing that car was a shocking and sobering experience that one could never forget.
So sad. She was such a beautiful and accomplished woman. Her violin playing was surprising, you just didn't expect her to be so good. She was a good mother. I always hoped she would get back with Micky, there was still love there. RIP. Thank you Scott.
A GOOD MOTHER??? ARE YOU KIDDING ME???? SHE WAS NEVER AROUND HER KIDS FOR ANY PERIOD OF TIME. EVERYONE ELSE WAS RAISING JAYNES KIDS, WHILE SHE WAS OUT GALAVANTING AROUND, AND MAKING SATANIC VIDEOS OF HER AND ANTON LEVAYNE WHO AT THE TIME WAS THE PASTOR FOR THE CHURCH OF SATAN IN SAN FRANCISCO, SHE PUT HER CAREER FIRST AND FOREMOST OVER HER KIDS, AND THAT IS A STONE COLD FACT. SHE WAS AN ATTENTION WHORE AT BEST AND IT WAS ALL ABOUT HER AND THE KIDS CAME 2ND 3RD AND 4TH.
According to Ann B Davis Alice from the Brady bunch Jane was a dumb as wall and a mean drunk she hated Sharon Tate because both of them went out for the part of ginger on gilliigans island
I have read and seen a lot regarding her death over the years but this is by far the most in depth reporting of her tragic accident ever. You have cleared up a lot of misconceptions about it and also this is the first time I have ever heard that her children were originally in the front seat of the car. It is truly a miracle from God that those beautiful children weren't killed as well.
@@williegordon9188 I wish I had an answer to that, as my first husband was killed in an accident cause by a careless driver years ago. My husband died on Christmas Day and it just destroyed Christmas for me for many years. I asked God why did he take him from me, and got no answer. Sometimes we get a miracle and sometimes we just get our world taken away from us. Have a good and safe weekend.
I have read several different accounts regarding her death and more than one story about it was tabloid trash, citing an unconfirmed anecdote regarding necrophilia of all things!
A truly tragic occurrence. This famous accident resulted in large trucks being equipped with what they call 'Mansfield Bars' (named after Jayne Mansfield) on the back-end of trucks, which prevent cars from going 'under' the back, minimizing the chance of a catastrophic accident and/or decapitations.
If this Electra was really going between 60 and 80, the Mansfield bar might not have saved them, but it has, no doubt, saved many others. In some jurisdictions, tractor trailers are also required to have side barriers, but the way we configure them in this country, with the rear axles attached to the cargo boxes, makes such protection complicated. In Europe, most such vehicles consist of cab towing a flatbed (which keeps its side protection) and the container is placed on top of the flatbed.
I am always amazed at the millions of steps one must take in order to meet your demise. Just proves to me that our days are numbered. So sad. Thank you.
Mariana has a scar on her forehead from the accident . So sad to a tragic end . Still missed and loved . Take care Jayne and company. Rest In Peace. Thank you for the real story.
A lot of people might find this sort of thing morbid. I find this interesting. Especially when the videos are well made and narrated. Good job, Scott Michaels!!! You got a new subscriber!!!
When i was a kid growing up in the 70s the newspaper where i lived had the biggest news on the front page of course then you had your finance and all that, the last body of the newspaper had the murders, banks robberies and so forth,when we use to get it my dad would get the sports section and would give me the last section without saying a word,from a early age i have loved this stuff, lol, they call it death hags or at least thats what Michael's likes to call them. Have you ever checked out his site called 'Find a death" ? its really good!!
It beheaded! False news! She. WAS a great mother, loved her kids. She was human! I used to bundle my kids up, middle of night, put them in car and try to find their alcoholic father. We do best we can but error greatly!
@@julianadamico4702 my phone didn't put what I typed. Should have read. SHE WASN'T BEHEADED! Try to figure these things out. Telephones are such pain anymore. Like our socialist democratic administration!
I'm pretty sure it is. There's this place that show all the cars from what happened to famous people like Bonnie and Clyde's car was there riddled with bullets. James Dean's car all mangled up.
I loved seeing the old places, even seeing the tile. You matched up the old lights even! I love that stuff!!!, and you traced her entire last day. Well done!
Very interesting. Thank you for all the work in researching and presenting this. The tragic crash also led to the development of what was referred to as the “Mansfield bar” a safety device on the rear of trailers which were intended to prevent cars from running underneath the trailer in a collision
Ironically its doubtful that the bar they have now would have changed the results, most of them will fail when hit at those kinds of speeds especially by a 66 Electra which is not a light car
Good story telling, learned a lot about this accident. I am surprised the car is still around. we are reaching a time when people who would remember her are all gone.....
My man, I just want to tell you how much I truly appreciate your videos. You are so respectful and so detailed in the information that you share. You are a GREAT MAN and I THANK YOU! I would really love to see you do a story about the brutal murder of drummer Jim Gordon's mother that ended up sending him to prison many years ago.
Thank you so much! Amazing. This answered every question I had about Jayne's death and more. Glad you have the car and are caring for it.... good people.
She was a very beautiful woman and a great actress ! What a tragedy! Rest in Peace Jane Mansfield God keep your soul in his Heaven!!! And also the two other victims!!! Thank you for your very emotional video!!! A French Man ...
@@frankboff1260 Frank - the daughter is Mariska Hartigay who is a relatively well known TV actress who has had a staring roll for many, many years on: Law and Order - Special Victims Unit
I hope Zoltan had a good childhood with all of the deaths around him. I pray for the children they used to be and hope the adults they have become are happy
@@ericscott5224 Thank you, I discovered this in the comments. Although I don’t normally watch TV and I’m not in the US I have watched the show but had no idea she was Jayne’s daughter. Amazing. I’m glad to hear she has done so well. 😊
I was eleven years old when Jayne died. I remember my mum and dad discussing it and how she’d been decapitated. I became morbidly fascinated with it for a while. Very interesting video. Thank you from England and I have subscribed.
I see that you are from England born in '56? Do you remember the shootings from the clock tower in Austin, Texas or the nurses killed by Richard Speck in Chicago? Or Ted Kenedy and Chappaquiddick? All around the same time. I know that sounds morbid but I was wondering because you are from another country. I am curious about how much of that news from that time was reported in England and how much you would have remembered. Long before the internet !!
@@marilynwillett804 They said they were born in '56. 11 yrs old in '67. That would have been the time they would have been remembering the events that I described.
I recall the news story when this happened. They claimed they ran into a dense fog patch - not a word about a fogger truck. I remember that clearly. With all those lawsuits flying around, I'm not surprised the story kept changing. The wrecked car has survived longer than Jane lived.
Thank you Scott I love your detailed accounts along with the actual locations- You bring it home for us when we can’t go👍🏼 I’m intrigued by the until………
I read up about this a few years ago, and the details are really grim. The official cause of death was a "cranial evulsion". An evulsion injury is when something literally gets torn or ripped away. So she wasn't actually decapitated. Her cranium from her eyebrows upwards was torn away from the top of her head. Interestingly, it was that accident that resulted in a certain metal bar to be fitted on the back of all trucks to prevent vehicles going underneath the rear of a truck. All trucks have them, and they're known as Mansfield Bars.
Thank you for your succinct account of the car accident which killed Jane Mansfield. Clearing up the rumour of her being beheaded in the accident is important. I wonder if the driver fell asleep at the wheel. RIP
Wow-I'm glad this cleared up the rumor of Jayne Mansfield being beheaded. The wig confuse people. I know it doesn't help Jayne at all, but I'm sure she would be grateful that someone cleared up that rumor. It was horrible!
Enjoyable video. I lived near there all during the 1960's, and regularly drove those roads. I'll respectfully add a few comments. The picture shown around 2:58 of the video is of the wrong White Kitchen. There were two White Kitchens (same owner), one on U.S. 11 (Front Street) in Slidell (the pictured one), and one on U.S. 90 at the junction with U.S. 190. I visited both often. You explored the correct site (on U.S. 90) . The one in the picture burned to the ground one weekday morning in 1962, resulting from a kitchen fire. It happened at the height of the Cuban missile crisis; volunteer firefighters were summoned by repeatedly sounding the town's air raid siren, making some wonder if WW3 was breaking out. The White Kitchen on U.S. 90 (where Jayne Mansfield may have stopped) was busy 24/7 in those days. The words "Package Liquors" were painted prominently over the main entrance. Mississippi was legally a "dry" (prohibition) state until the mid-1960's, and the White Kitchen on U.S. 90 was the nearest place on the Louisiana side of the state line to legally buy a bottle. There was also a large and busy gas station almost directly across U.S. 90 from the White Kitchen, on the west side of the U.S. 190 intersection. Those businesses disappeared about 50 years ago. Newly-built I-10, combined with legalized liquor in Mississippi, took away almost all the traffic.
Thank you for this. Another tragic fact missing was that there were empty liquor bottles in the vehicle. After getting her cash payment after this last performance, sandwiches and liquor was requested for the trip. Look closely at the crash photos you will see the liquor bottles.
@Joy Graham Travis My comment is more of a question, as I noticed the hard liquor bottles in photos as well. Do they know when and where the alcohol was purchased? And was driver's blood ever drawn for alcohol level testing? Can't imagine it not being, but ... P.S. Love your name! 😊
@@joijuaire-darfler4614 If you research, the accident police reports are posted, you learn lots 😞. The video of that police officer placing that Chihuahua on the floor of his cruiser, I will never forget. Also, one Chihuahua that died was stuffed and was placed on display with the crashed vehicle 😞, no word on where that Chihuahua is today.
Just realized that was where I bought my first bottle of booze. Also at that time the drinking age was 18 in Louisiana. The MS Coast and State were technically dry but as long as bar owners paid the "black market tax" booze flowed freely.
First, thanks for putting together the most accurate and thorough account of what happened. I live not far from the accident site, so this has always been a part of local lore for many years. What struck me most was the cost to prepare Ms. Mansfield. The cost to embalm and prepare her body with a casket, $2,883, was steep for the year 1967. The US dollar is practically 9 times more today. That would mean, in today's cost based on today's worth of the dollar, her body preparation ran more than $25,500. Like I said . . . steep! I know someone who works for a local funeral home and I asked him about that cost. He said Bolton Funeral Home was taking advantage of the fact that she was a rich, Hollywood celebrity. He estimates that the total cost, even for a premium service back in 1967, shouldn't have run more than $400-500 and cannot see how this should have gotten over a thousand even if there were some additional services requested. Bolton made a killing off her and her family.
My grandparents took us to Biloxi for a week and we had dinner at Gus Stevens. Jayne Mansfield was performing and we were not allowed to be in that room because we were children. We begged if we could get a peek at a movie star and they let us have a peek. It was kind of a thrill since we were such sheltered kids. The next day we woke up to the news. It made us all feel kind of somber and sick.
Very, very well done video sad as the death of Jane Mansfield was at the time. She certainly will not be forgotten and now that we can watch her daughter Mariska live on to achieve stardom like her mother its like a part of her is still here with us. Thank you so very much for sharing your tastefully done video.
She was killed when her head hit the back of that truck taking the top of her head off , brain matter on the truck , and road , it wasn’t a pretty open casket , back then the funeral director , or who ever made the body up just used his skills to mak it look like her , but I bet , it didn’t come close , my aunt was a funeral director , in the middle of Florida, and we went down to see her back in the early 70’s , we had a tour of the whole funeral home , and I was really into , the whole dead body thing , and she told me some of the worst facial reconstruction, stories I ever heard , and I have been to at least 100 funerals , over my 68 years , and every one of them , that had a open casket had the same impact on me , whether family or friends they all looked ,dead ! Once that soul is gone , they all looked like a body , with a slight resemblance to the person , they where alive ! I’m not having any service , maybe after I am put in the dirt , no embalming , no casket , naked and wrapped in a cotton sheet , then dirt on top , nothing to remind the world I was ever here , my family and close ,might come to my grave , but that will be it ….
@Dee Cee Have you considered donating your body for science? Useable organs will be taken first for transplant for the living, and remains left then used for research and teaching purposes. After 18 months, whatever is left will be "green/water" cremated, so no negative impact to air/environment. Also recently read where cremated remains can be prepared and used as food for wildlife! (I'm a huge animal lover.) Zero carbon footprint left, no land wasted in burial, and benefits many! My paperwork is already in place with U-of-MN.
@@joijuaire-darfler4614 No , I’m getting ,malched , all nature , just laid ,naked in the woods , and covered with leaves , and in a 3 month period of time, no marker ….it will be as if I was , never here ,my family will know where am at ,but not another living soul …and as far as the ,govement , state , they can eat , my shit ! Fuck the laws !
@@joijuaire-darfler4614 No , I’m going to be malched , my M.C. club brothers , will carry me in the woods , on our land , they will , rake all the leaves just big enough for me to be layed out , and then covered , with the leaves , no marker , just my club name nailed about a foot off , the ground , those who know me will know where I’m at , and in 3-5 months , it will be as if , I never , was here ! To hell with the laws !
That accident changed trucking. They added the "DOT bumper" that old truckers call the "Jayne Mansfield" bumper to the back of the trailer to reduce the possibility of a car driving under the back of a trailer like that. Mariska apparently followed in her mothers footsteps and became an actress herself.
Very informative video and narration. Until now I believed Jayne Mansfield was decapitated, and also that it was foggy out. I’ve known for a long time Jayne was buried in Pen Argyl, PA- it’s only about 30 minutes from where I live. RIP Jayne and the others. At least it was fast. 😔
I find the ephemera in these historical videos endlessly fascinating. It shows what people at various times thought to be important information. Reading thru the death certificate, I am astonished at the level of detail recorded of her existence, and the absence of her social security number. It also shows that dying was an expensive business, even back then, and even when totally accidental. The bill from the funeral home nearly approaches the sales price of the Buick that caused her trip to the mortuary.
It was stated that the Buick was $5000 ish new. That was a heck of a lot of money in 1967. Believe minimum wage was $1.25 hour then. Probably most working people then were driving 49-54 basic sedans still.
@@davestewart2067 Yes, absolutely, which makes the bill from the mortuary home even more unbelievable. At least when buying a car, you can shop around and haggle and walk away from any deal you don't like. With the mortuary, there is hardly a chance to do any of those things. It's either pay up, or else.
@@davestewart2067 Middle class people could have afforded a car newer than 1954 in 1967 but remember Buicks were higher end cars, just a step under a Cadillac.
My respect to the truck driver who instantly sprung into action and took the children out of the car and tried to see if there were survivors, it wasn’t his fault, speed was to blame from the driver of the car. Tragically,three people died that night, one being the beautiful Jayne Mansfield, her most important role, mother to her babies.
I was in the Philippines when the accident happened and the newspaper headlines read "Jayne Loss Head" along with a photo of the inside of the car. There is another TH-cam video from the museum that has the Mansfield car. Interesting video. Thanks!.
Well done video. That summer i was a 10 yr old staying the summer with my grandparents in Pittsburg Ks. My grandma was shook by the news story and I first heard the word "decapitated". My vocabulary did not include that term.
I was following a semi this past Wednesday near Richmond. I asked my wife if she knew what the bars were called on the back of the trailer? Of course she had no clue, most people don’t. I told her they’re called Mansfield Bars. They were mandated on all trailers following the death of Jane and the others in the car.
I don't believe they were mandated for quite a while after the accident but this accident did play a role in them finally being mandated. They probably would not have changed the result of this accident if hit at high speeds they usually fail especially if its a heavy car like a 1966 Electra.
So now there is a bumper on the back of all semi trailers, and it's called a Mansfield Bar. It was designed to keep vehicles from going under trailers when they get rear ended.
So many people have died from car and airplane crashes its sickening and terrifying, progress is a transportation apocalypse. "Here today gone tomorrow" no its actually worse than that "Here today gone today" This temporary illusion we call life.
Thank Jesus, Jane put her kids in the backseat!!! An Angel was watching out for them. It breaks my heart to hear about anyone losing their lives over things that could have been avoided. May they all RIP.
Just imagine going on a roadtrip on a nice summer night with your children and then this happens. I mean anything can happen and this proves it. It's scary that anything is possible.
Great video and very interesting,I have been a semi truck driver for 30 plus years bc of this accident semi trailers was required to place a d.o.t. bumper re enforcement bar on the back of every semi trailer made after this ,some of the old timers trucker’s called it the Mansfield bar.. have never had an accident in my 30 year career and turn my flashers on if in hazardous conditions (fog,snow,rain in day or night) RIP Dear lady,she was beautiful.
this really is an excellent and interesting video. Where did the information that they stopped at the white kitchen originally come from? Also if visibility wasn't a factor in the crash, how would you not see a truck unless neither vehicle had lights? What am I missing?
Hello, Mr. Michaels I have a question about The museum That you Had in California Do you ever plan to reopen it? Thank you for your time. And you have a great day now.
I had heard Jayne had died in a car accident but I had no idea when it happened or even the actual account of the accident…. Since being on SVU, I’ve learned a lot about Mariska and that she was Jayne Mansfield’s daughter…. But I didn’t know she had brothers or that the 3 of them were in the car on that horrific night…. God protected Mariska and her brothers when they were moved to the back seat. Great video
Crazy fact… that bar you see on the rear bottom of 18wheeler trailers preventing cars from going up under them if they rear ended the trailer, came about because of this accident. It is referred to as…. You should have guessed, ‘the Mansfield bar.’
When I was a kid in the mid 70s, the car was part of the sideshow act at our local Prince William County Fair in Virginia. I remember never having enough money to go see any one the side shows. The fairgrounds are still there outside Manassas on Route 234.
Thank you for sharing and for clarifying this story! Ihad read that it decapitated her and now i know what happened! I was very young when this took place so I don't remember it! 😢
My wife was employed at Gus Stevens when JM. performed there. We attended her last performance the night before the accident. She was wearing the white dress. I remember the young kid who was the driver of the car... The next morning when driving by the club there were multiple police cars. I would disagree with the premise that it wasn't foggy that night..but..patches of fog . I remember driving that stretch a couple times the two things I remember most..1. Running into a swarm of bugs once or twice covered the windshield where visibility was very bad. 2. It would be clear visibility and all of a sudden you would run into a patch of fog...zero visibility. Note: I was in the military based on Biloxi at that time... I'm sure residents of that region would agree with my analysis.
@ronkotcher4834. Absolutely correct, Sir. Lots of fairly heavy fog at the crash site where my wife and I were stopped and waited for the wrecked car and Semi to be removed from the road. We were returning to Florida from Mission Bch Ca. That accident had taken place less than an hour previous to our stop.
@@KB-ke3fi I guess back then, it could happen, maybe those mosquito trucks have done a lot of good over the years. The lovebugs, however, drive me insane and have ruined the paint on the front of my car. Too bad you've got irresponsible homeowners and renters who have standing water and let mosquitos proliferate.
I am thinking if the adults had not had cocktails this would not have happened, drinking and driving will do that to you....and you can bet your bottom dollar that restaurant/lounge refused to admit that they were there to avoid lawsuits....
If you look at the back of all trailer and semi-trucks, you’ll see a metal bar at the bottom of the truck. It’s called a “Mansfield Bar”. It was added to trucks after her tragic accident. It helps prevent cars from going under the back of a truck as her vehicle did.
@@AxelOlsson-ks2gu Thank you for your service policing the comments and punishing offenders, but many of us wouldn't have read that far down and might have missed this interesting fact.
@@SoCal780ive seen those "bumpers" on trailers for decades and never knew they stemmed from this particular accident. While this accident is horribly tragic in so many ways...i think the black cloud of death has a beautiful silver lining. That lining is all of the future wrecks since....that didnt end in the same tragic end due to the addition of the Mansfield (D.O.T. bar).
![Jayne Mansfield • Interview (2-Year-Old Mariska Hargitay) • 1966 [Reelin' In The Years Archive]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/k623ZhDDMUA/mqdefault.jpg)
![Jayne Mansfield • Interview (2-Year-Old Mariska Hargitay) • 1966 [Reelin' In The Years Archive]](/img/tr.png)
My mom got tangled up with a semi truck in 1984 one month after I graduated HS. She was decapitated at brow, neck and her arm also. The semi ran over the driver side of the car and her. I feel so sorry for Mariska because I know exactly how traumatic this event was. I'm now 56yo and still am not over it. It's terrible.
Iam so sorry for your loss I graduated I. 1983 in high school so sorry 😞 you are right you are never over a loss never , my daughter died at 5 mos old pneumonia !! I still miss her everyday , but your momma such a horrible way . Sending prayers and hugs your way ❤️🙏
@@dc4092 Oh my goodness. I am so sorry about your daughter. Now that I'm a mom it would be way, way worse to lose your child than your mother. I am so sorry for you from the bottom of my heart and soul. I am sending love and prayers for you to have peace.❤️🩹🙏🙏. God bless you.
@@kelliwheeler28 thank you agin
@@dc4092 Thank you for the kindness you extended to me. In these times, you don't know how I appreciate it. Does my heart good. Wish the world was filled with kind people like you. The world needs it.🙏🙏
Well at least your mum didn't suffer death would have been instantaneous blow alone would have knocked her unconscious.
As a mom, I'm sure Jayne would be grateful that all of her children survived the accident.
She put her children in grave danger by driving at night
STUPID THING THING TO DO
Mariska is on law & order SVU.
I believe when you die life on earth is over but your spirit is here I think she knows that her children became great
@@TheSilvergold45
Driving at night is a stupid thing to do?
You weren't top of your class, were you?
@@TheSilvergold45 So if someone needs to go somewhere, they have kids, and it's nighttime.... if they need to get somewhere urgently and they take their kids they are "stupid"? That comment is a better example of ignorance. Get over yourself SJW clown.
Thank you for your explanation of what truly happened as the rumors were always told of Jane driving her pink convertible Cadillac as well as being decapitated. So hopefully this puts a stop to such horrific statements to a devastating tragedy. Rose C.
Just goes to show the LIE's and deceit the news media tell to sell their papers and to manipulate us all the time.
It really is disgusting what they do.
I have never heard of the pink Cadillac but I have heard of the decapitation
what makes this particular story the one to believe?
@@dlynn101 Gus Stevens daughter Elaine backs it up for one.
Yes, and Gus Stevens daughter speaks the gospel?
The family had an on-air interview when Mariska was only about 3 years old. It's adorable that Jane introduced her children to the world. Mariska's Father was a world class body builder & Gorgeous. That's where she gets her looks. I commend her Father for taking care of his children after their Mother died. 🙏🏻
She looks like her mom only dark lile her dad.
@@debrajohnson382yeah, thank goodness for that. I couldn't imagine her looking like her father.
I see her looking just like Mom, JM.
@@robindore258 Yes she does. I think more so, as she gets older. I'm sure Jayne would be proud.
She wasn’t that good looking. She looked like a knock off version of Marilyn. Definitely wasn’t as classy looking or acting. Temu Marilyn.
I and 3 fellow Marines passed the accident scene en route from Pensacola to New Orleans for a weekend liberty. I recall that it took several hours of crawling along to reach the scene, and I remember the terribly mangled car. We didn't find out until the next day who the victims were. Passing that car was a shocking and sobering experience that one could never forget.
BTW, there was no fog in the area when we passed the scene.
Poor family.
@@angelmist4253 Yes, I winder if the kids remember it?
that's a neat story to have ..
@@NotTHATMichaelMoore Hope they never did as it could be a horrendous experience for any young child to experience.
Excellent video. Jayne would be so proud of Mariska today. RIP.
She would. I just realized how much Mariska looks like Jayne.
@@dkalbryte6774 marishka is a beautiful woman.
I agree, Very Excellent Content 💯
I believe Fairview Cemetery is about 45 minutes away from our home.
Such a sad tragedy 😭
She would be proud of all her children
Commies weren't as popular back then so maybe not
So sad. She was such a beautiful and accomplished woman. Her violin playing was surprising, you just didn't expect her to be so good. She was a good mother. I always hoped she would get back with Micky, there was still love there. RIP. Thank you Scott.
Did u know Jane? What the media don't tell is where she was really headed. RIP Ms. Mansfield.
A GOOD MOTHER??? ARE YOU KIDDING ME???? SHE WAS NEVER AROUND HER KIDS FOR ANY PERIOD OF TIME. EVERYONE ELSE WAS RAISING JAYNES KIDS, WHILE SHE WAS OUT GALAVANTING AROUND, AND MAKING SATANIC VIDEOS OF HER AND ANTON LEVAYNE WHO AT THE TIME WAS THE PASTOR FOR THE CHURCH OF SATAN IN SAN FRANCISCO, SHE PUT HER CAREER FIRST AND FOREMOST OVER HER KIDS, AND THAT IS A STONE COLD FACT. SHE WAS AN ATTENTION WHORE AT BEST AND IT WAS ALL ABOUT HER AND THE KIDS CAME 2ND 3RD AND 4TH.
She was actually a genius IQ as well. Playing dumb blondes was a stretch!
@@gildawhitner6962 so where was she headed ?
According to Ann B Davis Alice from the Brady bunch Jane was a dumb as wall and a mean drunk she hated Sharon Tate because both of them went out for the part of ginger on gilliigans island
I have read and seen a lot regarding her death over the years but this is by far the most in depth reporting of her tragic accident ever. You have cleared up a lot of misconceptions about it and also this is the first time I have ever heard that her children were originally in the front seat of the car. It is truly a miracle from God that those beautiful children weren't killed as well.
So who was at fault?
@@thomasplace7920 The driver of the car hopefully!!!!
Why did God allow Jane and the other two to be killed?
@@williegordon9188 I wish I had an answer to that, as my first husband was killed in an accident cause by a careless driver years ago. My husband died on Christmas Day and it just destroyed Christmas for me for many years. I asked God why did he take him from me, and got no answer. Sometimes we get a miracle and sometimes we just get our world taken away from us. Have a good and safe weekend.
I have read several different accounts regarding her death and more than one story about it was tabloid trash, citing an unconfirmed anecdote regarding necrophilia of all things!
A truly tragic occurrence. This famous accident resulted in large trucks being equipped with what they call 'Mansfield Bars' (named after Jayne Mansfield) on the back-end of trucks, which prevent cars from going 'under' the back, minimizing the chance of a catastrophic accident and/or decapitations.
First...Mae West Navy Life Preservers, and then Mansfield Bars.
My brother had an Austin Healey 3000 - vintage car - a Mansfield bar saved his life when he slid into the rear end of a semi in snowy weather.
If this Electra was really going between 60 and 80, the Mansfield bar might not have saved them, but it has, no doubt, saved many others. In some jurisdictions, tractor trailers are also required to have side barriers, but the way we configure them in this country, with the rear axles attached to the cargo boxes, makes such protection complicated. In Europe, most such vehicles consist of cab towing a flatbed (which keeps its side protection) and the container is placed on top of the flatbed.
ICC bumper?
A small vehicle traveling at high speed is still no match for a semi.
I’ve had dinner with Mariska a few times. She looks like her mom. She’s a friend of a friend. Super nice. And Peter too.
Shit 😂😂😂😂 very funny
I am always amazed at the millions of steps one must take in order to meet your demise. Just proves to me that our days are numbered. So sad. Thank you.
Baffles and boggles the mind in a manner of speaking. I mean sit down to eat a meal and when done have only 5 minutes left to live.
So true! One never knows when one's time is up. At least Jayne did not grow old and die a painful, lingering death like so many unfortunate people.
@@samuelschick8813
Hence why one should thank god almighty every day your alive because thousands don’t get that chance and one day we won’t either!!!
@@ldaxxx1
Hence why one should thank god almighty every day your alive because thousands don’t get that chance and one day we won’t either!!!
Mariana has a scar on her forehead from the accident . So sad to a tragic end . Still missed and loved . Take care Jayne and company. Rest In Peace. Thank you for the real story.
A lot of people might find this sort of thing morbid. I find this interesting. Especially when the videos are well made and narrated. Good job, Scott Michaels!!! You got a new subscriber!!!
When i was a kid growing up in the 70s the newspaper where i lived had the biggest news on the front page of course then you had your finance and all that, the last body of the newspaper had the murders, banks robberies and so forth,when we use to get it my dad would get the sports section and would give me the last section without saying a word,from a early age i have loved this stuff, lol, they call it death hags or at least thats what Michael's likes to call them.
Have you ever checked out his site called 'Find a death" ? its really good!!
Thank you!
It beheaded! False news! She. WAS a great mother, loved
her kids. She was human! I used to bundle my kids up, middle of night, put them in car and try to find their alcoholic father. We do best we can but error greatly!
@@julianadamico4702 my phone didn't put what I typed. Should have read. SHE WASN'T BEHEADED! Try to figure these things out. Telephones are such pain anymore. Like our socialist democratic administration!
Well IS morbid and that is you find interesting. Would it make a difference if the event had not killed Jayne Mansfield?
Best wishes. Gary.
This car needs to be shown to the public, its historic now and must not be destroyed
I'm pretty sure it is. There's this place that show all the cars from what happened to famous people like Bonnie and Clyde's car was there riddled with bullets. James Dean's car all mangled up.
Thank You for Setting the Record Straight!!!!
Thank you for putting the rumors to rest and showing,in detail, exactly what happened. She was a good entertainer as well as a beautiful woman.
I loved seeing the old places, even seeing the tile. You matched up the old lights even! I love that stuff!!!, and you traced her entire last day. Well done!
E
Such a tragedy. Thank goodness the children survived. Jayne was such a beautiful lady. Great video. Best I have seen.
So glad I was able to see the dearly departed museum before it shut down. So cool
Very interesting. Thank you for all the work in researching and presenting this. The tragic crash also led to the development of what was referred to as the “Mansfield bar” a safety device on the rear of trailers which were intended to prevent cars from running underneath the trailer in a collision
Ironically its doubtful that the bar they have now would have changed the results, most of them will fail when hit at those kinds of speeds especially by a 66 Electra which is not a light car
She was such a great talent and pure voice❤I still love hearing her every song makes you feel every word.
A great way of re-going the last way of Jayne Mansfield. Very nicely done. Thank you for this video.
Good story telling, learned a lot about this accident. I am surprised the car is still around.
we are reaching a time when people who would remember her are all gone.....
I recall seeing the carcass of a dog in photos next to the car immediately after the smashup, yet there was no mention at all. Comment?
I was 16 and I will never forget it. She was so beautuful, and it was so tragic. Life happens.
My man, I just want to tell you how much I truly appreciate your videos. You are so respectful and so detailed in the information that you share. You are a GREAT MAN and I THANK YOU!
I would really love to see you do a story about the brutal murder of drummer Jim Gordon's mother that ended up sending him to prison many years ago.
Thank you so much! Amazing. This answered every question I had about Jayne's death and more. Glad you have the car and are caring for it.... good people.
She was a very beautiful woman and a great actress ! What a tragedy! Rest in Peace Jane Mansfield God keep your soul in his Heaven!!! And also the two other victims!!! Thank you for your very emotional video!!! A French Man ...
Zoltan is a prop maker in Hollywood and I work him sometimes. nice guy
yea I did too
Thanks. I was wondering about the kids. That’s one that’s doing well…..I must find out about the others
@@frankboff1260 Frank - the daughter is Mariska Hartigay who is a relatively well known TV actress who has had a staring roll for many, many years on: Law and Order - Special Victims Unit
I hope Zoltan had a good childhood with all of the deaths around him. I pray for the children they used to be and hope the adults they have become are happy
@@ericscott5224 Thank you, I discovered this in the comments. Although I don’t normally watch TV and I’m not in the US I have watched the show but had no idea she was Jayne’s daughter. Amazing. I’m glad to hear she has done so well. 😊
I was eleven years old when Jayne died. I remember my mum and dad discussing it and how she’d been decapitated. I became morbidly fascinated with it for a while. Very interesting video. Thank you from England and I have subscribed.
She wasn’t decapitated …
I see that you are from England born in '56? Do you remember the shootings from the clock tower in Austin, Texas or the nurses killed by Richard Speck in Chicago? Or Ted Kenedy and Chappaquiddick? All around the same time. I know that sounds morbid but I was wondering because you are from another country. I am curious about how much of that news from that time was reported in England and how much you would have remembered. Long before the internet !!
@@marilynwillett804 They said they were born in '56. 11 yrs old in '67. That would have been the time they would have been remembering the events that I described.
Crushed skull with avulsion of cranium and brain. Worse than decapitation.
I recall the news story when this happened. They claimed they ran into a dense fog patch - not a word about a fogger truck. I remember that clearly. With all those lawsuits flying around, I'm not surprised the story kept changing. The wrecked car has survived longer than Jane lived.
I had heard that the fogger truck produced a dense cloud that caused the accident. This video corrected that.
Great video, as always. Thanks for all bits of information. Such a sad story. RIP Ms Mansfield.
I am 73. All my life I heard she was alone driving her car and was buried in her car. Thank you for the facts.
That is the tallest tale I ever heard.
Props to Richard Rambo, the truck driver, for handling the immediate aftermath of the crash. And to think he would be sued afterwards.
I did not know this ? Are there any videos out there on his story ? Thanks
He had Rambo as Stallone IS playing RAMBO ! I never knew that There was a lastname - like that !
@@holoholopainen1627 When I was 15 yrs old I had a driving instructor named Mr. Rambo in Michigan.
There are no limits to who the liability lawyers will sue.
Wow, Scott. You caught even more history (the radio broadcast). Thanks for sharing - great content as always!
Cut the idiotic WOW!
So sad. Thank you for the frank honesty and clarity.
Sad event. I'm glad Mariska survived. She is a fine actor and her Mom would be proud. RIP.
Thank you Scott I love your detailed accounts along with the actual locations- You bring it home for us when we can’t go👍🏼 I’m intrigued by the until………
Excellent as usual! Thanks for all your hard work to bring us facts and photos.
We loved her! I have all her movies. She was a beautiful, intelligent and talented woman.♥️💙. Taken to soon. Rip Miss Jayne.🌹🌹🌹
Do you know that ALL 18 wheelers have a bar at the bottom of their trailers that is named in her honor? It's called the "Mansfield Bar" to this day.
I read up about this a few years ago, and the details are really grim. The official cause of death was a "cranial evulsion". An evulsion injury is when something literally gets torn or ripped away. So she wasn't actually decapitated. Her cranium from her eyebrows upwards was torn away from the top of her head.
Interestingly, it was that accident that resulted in a certain metal bar to be fitted on the back of all trucks to prevent vehicles going underneath the rear of a truck. All trucks have them, and they're known as Mansfield Bars.
Crushed skull with avulsion of cranium and brain.
The Mansfield bar was mandated in 1998.
My dad was a trucker they called those bars the death bar, they dont work too good
😢my condolences for that family involved on this accident, thank you for sharing unbelievable case
Thank you for your succinct account of the car accident which killed Jane Mansfield. Clearing up the rumour of her being beheaded in the accident is important. I wonder if the driver fell asleep at the wheel. RIP
Ronnie the driver was 20 yrs old and probably drowsy. Car speedometer stuck at 80 mph...Never saw the truck
I think they were all asleep, otherwise one of them in the front seat would have alerted the driver to the truck up ahead.
Wow-I'm glad this cleared up the rumor of Jayne Mansfield being beheaded. The wig confuse people. I know it doesn't help Jayne at all, but I'm sure she would be grateful that someone cleared up that rumor. It was horrible!
Amazing job, Scott!! Really enjoyed watching!! Sending love from Mississippi. 💜
thank you for all your videos and I really love your Manson doc you rock my friend ✌️♥️ to you and yours 1♥️
Thank you for this Documentary of the Last few minutes of life leading up to the accident
Outstanding Scott! Well documented and done. There is not another one so accurate. RIP Jayne!
Enjoyable video. I lived near there all during the 1960's, and regularly drove those roads. I'll respectfully add a few comments. The picture shown around 2:58 of the video is of the wrong White Kitchen. There were two White Kitchens (same owner), one on U.S. 11 (Front Street) in Slidell (the pictured one), and one on U.S. 90 at the junction with U.S. 190. I visited both often. You explored the correct site (on U.S. 90) . The one in the picture burned to the ground one weekday morning in 1962, resulting from a kitchen fire. It happened at the height of the Cuban missile crisis; volunteer firefighters were summoned by repeatedly sounding the town's air raid siren, making some wonder if WW3 was breaking out. The White Kitchen on U.S. 90 (where Jayne Mansfield may have stopped) was busy 24/7 in those days. The words "Package Liquors" were painted prominently over the main entrance. Mississippi was legally a "dry" (prohibition) state until the mid-1960's, and the White Kitchen on U.S. 90 was the nearest place on the Louisiana side of the state line to legally buy a bottle. There was also a large and busy gas station almost directly across U.S. 90 from the White Kitchen, on the west side of the U.S. 190 intersection. Those businesses disappeared about 50 years ago. Newly-built I-10, combined with legalized liquor in Mississippi, took away almost all the traffic.
Thank you for this. Another tragic fact missing was that there were empty liquor bottles in the vehicle. After getting her cash payment after this last performance, sandwiches and liquor was requested for the trip. Look closely at the crash photos you will see the liquor bottles.
@Joy Graham Travis
My comment is more of a question, as I noticed the hard liquor bottles in photos as well.
Do they know when and where the alcohol was purchased?
And was driver's blood ever drawn for alcohol level testing? Can't imagine it not being, but ...
P.S. Love your name! 😊
@@joijuaire-darfler4614 If you research, the accident police reports are posted, you learn lots 😞. The video of that police officer placing that Chihuahua on the floor of his cruiser, I will never forget. Also, one Chihuahua that died was stuffed and was placed on display with the crashed vehicle 😞, no word on where that Chihuahua is today.
There was alcohol requested along with sandwiches when she received her cash pay on that night.
Just realized that was where I bought my first bottle of booze. Also at that time the drinking age was 18 in Louisiana. The MS Coast and State were technically dry but as long as bar owners paid the "black market tax" booze flowed freely.
Thank you for this story.
This story always gets to my heart. Just Sad she was so beautiful!
First, thanks for putting together the most accurate and thorough account of what happened. I live not far from the accident site, so this has always been a part of local lore for many years. What struck me most was the cost to prepare Ms. Mansfield. The cost to embalm and prepare her body with a casket, $2,883, was steep for the year 1967. The US dollar is practically 9 times more today. That would mean, in today's cost based on today's worth of the dollar, her body preparation ran more than $25,500. Like I said . . . steep!
I know someone who works for a local funeral home and I asked him about that cost. He said Bolton Funeral Home was taking advantage of the fact that she was a rich, Hollywood celebrity. He estimates that the total cost, even for a premium service back in 1967, shouldn't have run more than $400-500 and cannot see how this should have gotten over a thousand even if there were some additional services requested. Bolton made a killing off her and her family.
Well the funeral home business is a racket and always has been
Profiting off of others grief is about as low as you can go.
My grandparents took us to Biloxi for a week and we had dinner at Gus Stevens. Jayne Mansfield was performing and we were not allowed to be in that room because we were children. We begged if we could get a peek at a movie star and they let us have a peek. It was kind of a thrill since we were such sheltered kids.
The next day we woke up to the news. It made us all feel kind of somber and sick.
I still have the Gus Stevens menu from that night
@@lilybond6485 post a pic
Thank you for the video!! I love Mariska!! So sad!! Her mom was beautiful!! RIP!! Much love to Mariska!! God bless!! ❤️❤️❤️🙏🙏🙏💙💙💙🌺🌺🌺
Thanks for this synopsis. Nice to have the facts instead of the rumors.
Very, very well done video sad as the death of Jane Mansfield was at the time. She certainly will not be forgotten and now that we can watch her daughter Mariska live on to achieve stardom like her mother its like a part of her is still here with us. Thank you so very much for sharing your tastefully done video.
Easy to listen to - great voice! Glad to learn that Jayne’s head remained intact. … Thank you.
She was killed when her head hit the back of that truck taking the top of her head off , brain matter on the truck , and road , it wasn’t a pretty open casket , back then the funeral director , or who ever made the body up just used his skills to mak it look like her , but I bet , it didn’t come close , my aunt was a funeral director , in the middle of Florida, and we went down to see her back in the early 70’s , we had a tour of the whole funeral home , and I was really into , the whole dead body thing , and she told me some of the worst facial reconstruction, stories I ever heard , and I have been to at least 100 funerals , over my 68 years , and every one of them , that had a open casket had the same impact on me , whether family or friends they all looked ,dead ! Once that soul is gone , they all looked like a body , with a slight resemblance to the person , they where alive ! I’m not having any service , maybe after I am put in the dirt , no embalming , no casket , naked and wrapped in a cotton sheet , then dirt on top , nothing to remind the world I was ever here , my family and close ,might come to my grave , but that will be it ….
@Dee Cee
Have you considered donating your body for science?
Useable organs will be taken first for transplant for the living, and remains left then used for research and teaching purposes.
After 18 months, whatever is left will be "green/water" cremated, so no negative impact to air/environment.
Also recently read where cremated remains can be prepared and used as food for wildlife! (I'm a huge animal lover.)
Zero carbon footprint left, no land wasted in burial, and benefits many!
My paperwork is already in place with U-of-MN.
@@joijuaire-darfler4614 No , I’m getting ,malched , all nature , just laid ,naked in the woods , and covered with leaves , and in a 3 month period of time, no marker ….it will be as if I was , never here ,my family will know where am at ,but not another living soul …and as far as the ,govement , state , they can eat , my shit ! Fuck the laws !
@@joijuaire-darfler4614 No , I’m going to be malched , my M.C. club brothers , will carry me in the woods , on our land , they will , rake all the leaves just big enough for me to be layed out , and then covered , with the leaves , no marker , just my club name nailed about a foot off , the ground , those who know me will know where I’m at , and in 3-5 months , it will be as if , I never , was here ! To hell with the laws !
@@deecee9735 Well they sure kept JFK's remains out of sight for obvious reasons, no thanks to L H Oswald.
The most comprehensive report I've seen yet on this yet.
I got Jaynes autograph,as well as her daughters, at Thrift City in Atlanta about 1960. I was about 8yo and was thrilled by how beautiful she was.❤
I have a neighbor who still believes Jayne was beheaded. Hope we can put those rumors to rest
That accident changed trucking. They added the "DOT bumper" that old truckers call the "Jayne Mansfield" bumper to the back of the trailer to reduce the possibility of a car driving under the back of a trailer like that. Mariska apparently followed in her mothers footsteps and became an actress herself.
Very informative video and narration. Until now I believed Jayne Mansfield was decapitated, and also that it was foggy out. I’ve known for a long time Jayne was buried in Pen Argyl, PA- it’s only about 30 minutes from where I live. RIP Jayne and the others. At least it was fast. 😔
I find the ephemera in these historical videos endlessly fascinating. It shows what people at various times thought to be important information. Reading thru the death certificate, I am astonished at the level of detail recorded of her existence, and the absence of her social security number.
It also shows that dying was an expensive business, even back then, and even when totally accidental. The bill from the funeral home nearly approaches the sales price of the Buick that caused her trip to the mortuary.
It was stated that the Buick was $5000 ish new. That was a heck of a lot of money in 1967. Believe minimum wage was $1.25 hour then. Probably most working people then were driving 49-54 basic sedans still.
@@davestewart2067 Yes, absolutely, which makes the bill from the mortuary home even more unbelievable.
At least when buying a car, you can shop around and haggle and walk away from any deal you don't like.
With the mortuary, there is hardly a chance to do any of those things. It's either pay up, or else.
@@davestewart2067 Middle class people could have afforded a car newer than 1954 in 1967 but remember Buicks were higher end cars, just a step under a Cadillac.
My respect to the truck driver who instantly sprung into action and took the children out of the car and tried to see if there were survivors, it wasn’t his fault, speed was to blame from the driver of the car. Tragically,three people died that night, one being the beautiful Jayne Mansfield, her most important role, mother to her babies.
Cj I remember very well when this happen I had just graduated from high school going into my freshman year in college rip jayne
I was in the Philippines when the accident happened and the newspaper headlines read "Jayne Loss Head" along with a photo of the inside of the car. There is another TH-cam video from the museum that has the Mansfield car. Interesting video. Thanks!.
Excellent video. Very on depth and fact filled.
I’m in LA! I’d love to see the car and other artifacts- so fascinating!
Jayne & other passengers that died RIP 🙏 🕊 ☮ 😌 GOD BLESS THE CHILDREN. WHAT A HORROR.
Scott Michaels, the king of the death hags!! We love you!! Thank you for all you do.
Well done video. That summer i was a 10 yr old staying the summer with my grandparents in Pittsburg Ks. My grandma was shook by the news story and I first heard the word "decapitated". My vocabulary did not include that term.
I was following a semi this past Wednesday near Richmond. I asked my wife if she knew what the bars were called on the back of the trailer? Of course she had no clue, most people don’t. I told her they’re called Mansfield Bars. They were mandated on all trailers following the death of Jane and the others in the car.
I don't believe they were mandated for quite a while after the accident but this accident did play a role in them finally being mandated. They probably would not have changed the result of this accident if hit at high speeds they usually fail especially if its a heavy car like a 1966 Electra.
Great video. So sad. She was such a treasure. Love how you do videos.
That type of accident was commonplace in those days. Less common now with slower speed limits and airbags.
Nobody wore seatbelts in the 60's.
So now there is a bumper on the back of all semi trailers, and it's called a Mansfield Bar. It was designed to keep vehicles from going under trailers when they get rear ended.
Mariska Hargitay is a luminous credit to her mother, to television and to the Women's Liberation Movement. Brains and beauty run in the family.
Jayne Mansfield was a beautiful woman on Earth and she's even more of a beautiful woman up in heaven
Wow! I'm sure that no mother would want their toddlers getting killed. This is always sad to hear about
Really well done, great video
So many people have died from car and airplane crashes its sickening and terrifying, progress is a transportation apocalypse.
"Here today gone tomorrow" no its actually worse than that "Here today gone today"
This temporary illusion we call life.
Thank Jesus, Jane put her kids in the backseat!!! An Angel was watching out for them. It breaks my heart to hear about anyone losing their lives over things that could have been avoided. May they all RIP.
Just imagine going on a roadtrip on a nice summer night with your children and then this happens. I mean anything can happen and this proves it. It's scary that anything is possible.
Great video and very interesting,I have been a semi truck driver for 30 plus years bc of this accident semi trailers was required to place a d.o.t. bumper re enforcement bar on the back of every semi trailer made after this ,some of the old timers trucker’s called it the Mansfield bar.. have never had an accident in my 30 year career and turn my flashers on if in hazardous conditions (fog,snow,rain in day or night) RIP Dear lady,she was beautiful.
Don't you have any pictures of her body? after the accident or at least at the morgue?
this really is an excellent and interesting video. Where did the information that they stopped at the white kitchen originally come from? Also if visibility wasn't a factor in the crash, how would you not see a truck unless neither vehicle had lights? What am I missing?
How disgusting to put that car on display. No concern for her children whatsoever.
Great research as always Scott.Keep up p the good work.
Very sad tragedy,Jayne Mansfield was a very beautiful woman & her career was starting to skyrocket!!What a shame!!! Must have been rough for Marisa!!!
Hello, Mr. Michaels I have a question about The museum That you Had in California Do you ever plan to reopen it? Thank you for your time. And you have a great day now.
Eventually yes
Please bring back The dearly Departed Tours!
I had heard Jayne had died in a car accident but I had no idea when it happened or even the actual account of the accident….
Since being on SVU, I’ve learned a lot about Mariska and that she was Jayne Mansfield’s daughter….
But I didn’t know she had brothers or that the 3 of them were in the car on that horrific night…. God protected Mariska and her brothers when they were moved to the back seat.
Great video
Crazy fact… that bar you see on the rear bottom of 18wheeler trailers preventing cars from going up under them if they rear ended the trailer, came about because of this accident. It is referred to as…. You should have guessed, ‘the Mansfield bar.’
I never knew the truth….I remember when it happened. Thank you for the report
When I was a kid in the mid 70s, the car was part of the sideshow act at our local Prince William County Fair in Virginia. I remember never having enough money to go see any one the side shows. The fairgrounds are still there outside Manassas on Route 234.
A verry informative and truthful report....
That last shot of the car on the trailer - driving down the street, no one would know that was the car that Jayne was killed in.
Thank you for sharing and for clarifying this story! Ihad read that it decapitated her and now i know what happened! I was very young when this took place so I don't remember it! 😢
This guy said it was a 1966 Buick when on that bill of sale says that it was a 1963!!!
My wife was employed at Gus Stevens when JM. performed there. We attended her last performance the night before the accident. She was wearing the white dress. I remember the young kid who was the driver of the car... The next morning when driving by the club there were multiple police cars. I would disagree with the premise that it wasn't foggy that night..but..patches of fog . I remember driving that stretch a couple times the two things I remember most..1. Running into a swarm of bugs once or twice covered the windshield where visibility was very bad. 2. It would be clear visibility and all of a sudden you would run into a patch of fog...zero visibility. Note: I was in the military based on Biloxi at that time... I'm sure residents of that region would agree with my analysis.
@ronkotcher4834. Absolutely correct, Sir. Lots of fairly heavy fog at the crash site where my wife and I were stopped and waited for the wrecked car and Semi to be removed from the road. We were returning to Florida from Mission Bch Ca. That accident had taken place less than an hour previous to our stop.
That bug swarm wasn't lovebugs, it was past lovebug season around these parts. Wonder what they could have been?
@@Real_g.s. skeeters...they can come in swarms thickly. Hence the mosquito truck. They don't spray fog for lovebugs.
Wow. This was interesting to read sir, thank you..
@@KB-ke3fi I guess back then, it could happen, maybe those mosquito trucks have done a lot of good over the years. The lovebugs, however, drive me insane and have ruined the paint on the front of my car. Too bad you've got irresponsible homeowners and renters who have standing water and let mosquitos proliferate.
She unknowingly saved her kids’ life moving them to the back. Mariska was 3 at the time. Great and thorough video.
Elle a eu un présentiment peut etre
I am thinking if the adults had not had cocktails this would not have happened, drinking and driving will do that to you....and you can bet your bottom dollar that restaurant/lounge refused to admit that they were there to avoid lawsuits....
Divine intervention.
That is not the Edgewater Beach Hotel. th-cam.com/video/Jvci6Jo8T34/w-d-xo.htmlsi=Qp8CMxl9aPY_-gfI It was a Grand Hotel.
@@chrisfry436 The high speed, was responsible for the severity of the accident. Maybe the driver was to tired and therefor not attentive enough.
My dad was one of the officers that responded to the crash. He once told me how horrific it was but spared me the details.
Your Daddy possessed FINESSE .Rowena Suarez of Toms River , New Jersey y Manila Mesa , California
@@rowenasuarez1868 They were most likely decapitated or head was crushed and they bled out, blood was probably everywhere, when the artery tore.
@@blanketyblank604 Idiot.
@@blanketyblank604 and you were there and saw the bodies?
@@DellaZA My deceased grandfather was a police officer there. Is there a problem?
If you look at the back of all trailer and semi-trucks, you’ll see a metal bar at the bottom of the truck. It’s called a “Mansfield Bar”. It was added to trucks after her tragic accident. It helps prevent cars from going under the back of a truck as her vehicle did.
Yes this was commented earlier by someone else before you.
@@AxelOlsson-ks2gu - Good.
They are also commonly known as “DOT Bumpers.”
@@AxelOlsson-ks2gu Thank you for your service policing the comments and punishing offenders, but many of us wouldn't have read that far down and might have missed this interesting fact.
@@SoCal780ive seen those "bumpers" on trailers for decades and never knew they stemmed from this particular accident. While this accident is horribly tragic in so many ways...i think the black cloud of death has a beautiful silver lining. That lining is all of the future wrecks since....that didnt end in the same tragic end due to the addition of the Mansfield (D.O.T. bar).