Indianapolis News photographer, J. Parke Randall, captured the scene when tragedy
struck during the pace lap of the 1960 Indianapolis 500-Mile Race. A privately owned
makeshift scaffold collapsed, killing two people and injuring 40. About 125 people, who
had paid $5 to $10 for vantage spots on the scaffold, tumbled to the ground. Upon
hearing screams behind him, Randall turned away from the track to see -- and shoot --
the wood-and-metal tower tumbling to the ground under the weight of jostling
spectators, spewing them out onto the infield turf.
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Henceforth, all scaffolding at the Speedway was banned.
