What was the reason Jayne's driver lost control of the car?

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He was 19 years old and had been up for a couple of days traveling for Gus (the owner of the club she was appearing at). It was the end of June and insects were rampant, so a truck spraying an insect defogger was ahead in the road. There was an 18 wheeler behind the truck and he was going very slow due to fog the defogger was spreading. Ronnie Peterson was the driver and didn't see the truck apparently and the car slid underneath the 18 wheeler.

Dammit Carol Sue, where is the vodka?!

And not mentioned on Wikipedia, but the reason Jayne performed at that club to begin with on that night, was because she did it as a favor for Mamie Van Doren, her friend and co-star in The Las Vegas Hillbillys, who was unable to perform there, for an unknown reason.

She and Mamie were definitely NOT friends. Jayne didn't like Mamie...at all. Jayne was scheduled to perform at Gus Stevens' later that summer....she went ahead and filled in for Mamie at the earlier date to make it a vacation of sorts for her and the kids.

Dammit Carol Sue, where is the vodka?!

Well, sorry about that. I was only going by what the Mysteries and Scandals documentary said, and I am curious if you have seen it. In all honesty, I didn't know that about the two women, until you told me.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Bf_rRh50Jc

LOL--the one movie they are in together is called LAS VEGAS HILLBILLYS. Jayne refused to be in the same scene with Mamie so a stand-in was used! Mamie later told me in an interview I did with her for an old website of mine that it was Jayne's idea not hers.

Dammit Carol Sue, where is the vodka?!

Mamie have made it sounded like they were good friends. I think it was the A&E Biography where Mamie gushed over Jayne. I know they were both at the Whiskey A Go Go club in LA in 1964 with John Lennon, Ringo Starr and George Harrison. George famously threw a drink at a photographer but it landed on Mamie instead.