Woman dies in car driven by Ted Kennedy
It was known simply as Chappaquiddick, the tragedy that followed Ted Kennedy throughout his political career. Chappaquiddick was the Massachusetts island where campaign worker Mary Jo Kopechne died in a 1969 car crash, with Kennedy at the wheel.
Kennedy was driving Kopechne home after a late-night party when he lost control of the vehicle and crashed into the water. Kopechne was trapped inside the car but Kennedy was able to swim ashore and walked back to his hotel.
He didn't alert police until 10 hours later.
Eventually Kennedy pleaded guilty to leaving the scene of an accident and received a two-month suspended sentence.
He went on national TV to explain the tragedy, saying, "All kinds of scrambled thoughts ... went through my mind ... including such questions as ... whether some awful curse did actually hang over all the Kennedys."