when the car she was riding in ran under a tractor-trailor in the dark of night.
Her skull was split open, and brain matter (hers) was visible to those onscene.
Mansfield, her boyfriend, and the driver, were all in the front seat and died instantly.
The children in the back seat were actually saved by their continuation of motion
which momentarily kept them pressed against the padding on the backs of the front seats.
Her *skull* was severed open, but not her neck --- which dismisses the rumor that she was decapitated.
Jane Mansfield met with very dramatic misfortune .... but so did the famous dancer, Isadora Duncan.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isadora_Dun...
Go here.....
https://www.google.com/#q=jayne+mansfiel...
The Snopes article explains, but there is much info here to read and look at!
Auto accident in the '60s
It's "Jayne".
Was she really beheaded?
