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Massachusetts Sen. Edward Kennedy drove his Oldsmobile off a bridge and into a creek on Chappaquiddick Island on July 19, 1969. His passenger, a campaign worker named Mary Jo Kopechne, drowned in the crash.
Kennedy created a storm of controversy because he left the scene of the accident and did not report it to the police until many hours after. Kennedy said in the police report that the reason for his delay in reporting the accident was because he was "confused and in shock." However, rumors spread that Kennedy was not being honest about what happened on that night, and that he may have been intoxicated.
Kennedy escaped any severe legal punishment for the affair, which many say was due to the Kennedy family's extensive amount of connections. Even though he was never officially accused of wrongdoing, the scandal ruined Kennedy’s hopeful bid for the Democratic presidential nomination, and the unanswered questions still trail the senator.
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