Every year. as predictable as the seasons. there are accidents resulting in death and serious injury to these laborers. On June 6. 1957. at the intersection of U.S. Route 301 and State Highway 102. 9 miles from Fayetteville. N.C.. 21 migrants were killed. 17 males. 3 females and a baby boy. The police report stated one of the causes of the high loss of life was the packaging of the occupants of the truck. Today only six States have laws providing for the safe transportation of migrants within their borders. The State of North Carolina is not one of the six. Secretary of Labor Mitchell.
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