ON A NOVEMBER morning in 1998, Alan Pakula climbed into his Volvo station wagon and began the 100-mile drive from Manhattan to his Long Island house. The acclaimed movie director (Sophie's Choice, All the President's Men) had made the trip countless times without incident. As the 70-year-old Pakula neared exit 49 on the Long Island Expressway just before noon, a vehicle ahead of him drove over a seven-foot steel rod in the road, kicking it into the air. Within seconds, the rod shot through Pakula's windshield, smashing into his forehead and killing him almost instantly. Authorities never determined where the rod, the kind used to secure a tractor-trailer's load, came from.
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机译：1998年11月一个早晨，艾伦·帕库拉（Alan Pakula）爬上了沃尔沃旅行车，开始了从曼哈顿到长岛房屋的100英里车程。备受赞誉的电影导演（索菲之选，所有总统之人）无数次无故旅行。当正值正午的70岁的帕库拉（Pakula）在中午临近长岛高速公路（Long Island Expressway）的49号出口时，他前面的一辆汽车驶过道路上一条7英尺高的钢杆，将其踢向空中。几秒钟之内，棒子穿过了帕库拉的挡风玻璃，砸进了他的额头，几乎立即杀死了他。当局从未确定用于固定拖挂车负载的杆的来源。
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