Chappaquiddick incident

The  was an infamous instance where Ted Kennedy, whilst at a party on a Chappaquiddick island during the annual Edgartown Regatta at Martha's Vineyard, drove off the side of a wooden bridge into the harbour. Teddy survived, but his passenger Mary Jo Kopechne drowned. James Stevens, trying to cash in on the Kennedy craze, wrote a book on the Kennedy assassination. (PROSE: Who Killed Kennedy)