At approximately 2:25 AM, on a misty stretch of U.S. Highway 90 near Slidell, Louisiana, the Buick rounded a curve and crashed at high speed into the rear of a tractor-trailer. The truck had slowed down behind a city vehicle spraying mosquito fog, which severely obscured visibility on the road.
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In the early hours of June 29, 1967, Jayne Mansfield, her lawyer Sam Brody, and driver Ronald Harrison were traveling along toward New Orleans. Behind them were three of Mansfield's children, including future actress Mariska Hargitay . jayne mansfield autopsy report
She was sitting in the front seat between her driver and companion; all three adults in the front died instantly from traumatic brain injuries. At approximately 2:25 AM, on a misty stretch of U