It was an event that dashed the chances of Edward Kennedy inheriting his older brother's presidency and appalled millions of Americans.
Now the incident at Chappaquiddick in 1969 that broke the Kennedy grip on the White House will be revisited in an independent feature film.
Edward Kennedy, widely known as Ted, had been driving back from a party on Chappaquiddick Island, off Martha's Vineyard, along with Mary Jo Kopechne, 29, a former aide to his brother Robert, when he took a wrong turn and veered off a narrow bridge.
The car sank in eight feet of water. While he scrambled to safety to save himself, he left Miss Kopechne to drown.
He failed to report the incident for nine hours which was, by his own admission, 'indefensible'.
This shows Edward Kennedy's car being pulled from the water next to Dike Bridge on Chappaquiddick Island
Edward failed to report the incident for nine hours and his shameful reaction appalled millions of Americans
Mary Jo Kopechne was killed when Kennedy drove his car off the Dyke Bridge on Chappaquiddick Island
Edward Kennedy was the youngest of Joseph and Rose Kennedy's nine children.
He took over the US Senate once held by his older brother John in 1962. He was 30, the youngest age allowed.
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