In 1965, thirty thousand pounds of bananas were spilled on the streets of Scranton. 15 people were injured and one was killed. Nine years later, Harry Chapin wrote a song about the accident. Find out the scoop on this episode of KSOM!


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Music: Jay Root

References:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/30,000_Pounds_of_Bananas

https://www.wnep.com/article/news/local/lackawanna-county/the-banana-truck-crash-50-years-later/523-5270a55d-da7b-4b01-bd00-b8b914717854

https://www.newspapers.com/clip/11891601/eugene-sesky-35-killed-in-scranton/

https://gritinthegears.blogspot.com/2007/07/fruit.html

https://youtu.be/OGldNpngDws

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