Chappaquiddick Incident
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The Chappaquiddick incident occurred on Chappaquiddick Island, Massachusetts, United States, sometime around midnight between July 18 and 19, 1969, when United States Senator Ted Kennedy drove his car off a narrow bridge, causing it to overturn in... Wikipedia
Date: July 18, 1969
Location: Chappaquiddick Island, Massachusetts, and Martha's Vineyard
Deaths: Mary Jo Kopechne
Sentence: Two months jail plus one year probation; suspended