Jayne Mansfield car crash

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Jayne Mansfield car crash has brought all her fans an unforgettable pain memory since 1967 until today. It just like Princess Diana car accident, no one will ever forget about the car crash if you read about the news, see those car crash pictures, and some related videos before. Every of Jayne’s fans remember this pretty blonde girl who was born at Vera Jayne Palmer in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, United States in April 19, 1933. Jayne had become one of the leading blonde sex symbols in the 50s ever since she becomes an actress in Hollywood, she was then become Playboy Playmate of the Month, and won a several award in her life time.

Before the accident happen, Jayne Mansfield lived in a great house at Sunset Boulevard, in Beverly Hills Los Angeles. The house had been demolished back in year 2002 by Englebert Humperdinck (a British-American music singer) who stays in since 1976.

On a nice evening of 28 June, 1967, it was Jayne Mansfield last show in her life. The people who saw one of the two performances of Jayne Mansfield at Gus Stevens Supper Club in Biloxi, Mississippi, will probably always recall the evening with mixed emotions. The two shows were at 9 and 11pm. According to Gus Stevens’s menu in the 60s, a set of Beef Tenderloin Shish Kebob was just selling at $3.25.

Jayne Mansfield, her attorney Sam Brody, the driver Ronnie Harrison, along with 3 of her children (Miklós, Zoltán, and Mariska) went on their way to New Orleans for Jayne’s next day television show. 6 of them went on with a 1966 Buick Electra 225 that own by Gus Steven and the driver Ronnie was just 20 years old during the time.

On their route to New Orleans, they made a stop at Rupert and O’Neal’s’ home which lived nearby Biloxi to have a late dinner. It was recorded that the last photographs of Jayne Mansfield were shot at the house. After the dinner, they continue the journey in the early morning on June 29, 1967. Here they passed through a waterwall called Rigolets, then they passed over a bridge known as the Old Spanish Trail area and came on to a narrow country road near to Louisiana swap, the U.S. Highway 90 around 2:25am. Guess what? Here is where the car crashed and the tragic car accident happened. The car crash into the rear of a tractor trailer that slow down due to a truck that was spraying mosquito fogger, thus it makes the accident very foggy. The tractor size are much higher than the Buick Electra that Jayne’s ride on, this makes the car struck at the rear of the tractor and under rode it. Three adults, Jayne Mansfield, Sam Brody, and Ronnie Harrison that sit at the front seats killed instantly. The 3 children riding in the rear of the car luckily survived with minor injuries. It is recorded that Jayne’s poor little dog killed in the tragic accident as well.

Did Jayne Mansfield Decapitated in the car crash?

Jayne Mansfield was not decapitated, it just an untrue rumors, but she was captivated! The rumors appear around everywhere during the time was because she suffer severe head trauma and her top virtually sheared off. The rumors appear also because of the impact sheared off the top of the car, it is really scary and once describe as “crumpled like a piece of tinfoil after a cookout.” Jayne Mansfield’s death certificate stated “Crushed skull with avulsion of cranium and brain.” Some articles said that she was probably wearing a wig, and the hair picture tangled in the car’s smashed windshield makes most of the witness thought is a blonde-haired head which is not true.

Car in the crash – 1966 Buick Electra 225

The 1966 Buick Electra 225 is a 3^rd generation full-size premium car built by Buick division of General Motors (GM) in 1966. The car in the accident was a 4-door sedan with FR layout in Blue color even though that time GM launched this model with 2-door coupe and 2-door convertible. The car powered by 425 Nailhead V8 engine with 3-speed ST-400 automatic transmission that produces 360 bhps. What makes the 66 Buick Electra 225 different from other generation is the new front grille, full-width taillight, trunk led that included an “Electra 225” at the car boot. The car has also featured with a horizontal sweep speedometer, fuel gauge and warning lights.

The car bought over by a weirdo Buddy Hough after the accident and has been display for long time in U.S. History Museum, in St. Augustine, Florida. In 1996, the owner passed away and his wife auctioned off the car. The car is now own by another weirdo John Ayers in U.S.

Jayne Mansfield’s Funeral

The funeral was held on July 3, in Pen Argyl, Pennsylvania, place where she was born. Her gravestone was located in Fairview Cemetery and reads “We Live to Love You More Each Day”, a very memorial sentence.

Is Mansfield’s car crash preventable?

The accident happened in the 60s, where most of the tractor or truck did not have enough safety equipment that fitted to the tractor compared to the safety equipment we have today. The equipment is just a simple, strong, and steel bar that known as “underride guard” or underride bar which fitted to front and rear of a tractor to prevent any car from strike into the underneath of a tractor. Well, if the tractor did have this bar during the 60s, Jayne Mansfield car crash may be prevented, isn’t it? Well, for some people who knows the accident sometimes refer this bar as “the Mansfield bar.”

Jayne Mansfield personal details

Measurements:

Bust: 40 inches (100cm)
Waist: 21 inches (53cm)
Hips: 32 inches (81cm)
Height: 5 feet 6 inches (1.68m)

Where are the children of Jayne Mansfield car crash now?

They are Miklós, Zoltán, and Mariska.

Mariska Magdolina Hargitay is now an American actress. Do you watch the drama “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit”? She is the detective Olivia Benson! In the recent year in 2008, she had also played the movie “The Love Guru” as herself. There you can see Zoltan Hargitay in the video below. Currently we do not have the information for Miklós Hargitay.

The crash received front page headlines across the nation, it just like Wei Lun’s car accident which happened in year 2007. Jayne Mansfield had played a total number of 25 movies since 1955 to 1967. Among the famous movie are such as “The Girl Can’t Help It”, “Kiss Them for Me”, “Too Hot to Handle”, “The Loves of Hercules”, “The Loved One” and many more.

More about Jayne Mansfield car crash

According to Sun Herald Newspaper in Biloxi, the driver who was killed the in the accident, Ronnie Harrison had gotten Gus Stevens’ daughter Elaine Stevens pregnant. Elaine was sent to a Home for Unwed Mothers by Gus Stevens and the baby was up for an adoption. Thank god during 2000, they were united after 30 years! Elaine Stevens is now own a production company in California and the baby (Angie Lathrop) is a successful chemist.

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Just like Princess Diana car accident and Wei Lun’s car accident.