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The Big Rod
Originally Aired: March 16, 1954
Dragnet #239, "The Big Rod," Sergeant Joe Friday and Officer Frank Smith investigate a vicious hit-and-run that leaves a young woman, Helen Chapman, clinging to life with critical injuries including compound fractures, a punctured lung, and brain concussion. Their only witness is Midge Hunter, a neighbor who saw the entire incident unfold beneath a streetlight. She describes how a hot rod—a battered black Ford from around 1940—came barreling around the corner and struck Mrs. Chapman as she stepped off the curb, the driver making no attempt to stop or even slow…
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