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Ohio, 2022. A car slams into a building at over 100 miles per hour. Two teenagers are dead. The driver, Mackenzie Shirilla, survives — and tells investigators the crash was an accident. Prosecutors didn't buy it.
Netflix's new documentary The Crash digs into the case that split a community and ended in a murder conviction few saw coming. The film pulls from court footage, police interviews, and the chilling 911 call to lay out exactly how a routine night turned fatal, and why prosecutors argued the crash was deliberate rather than reckless.
What makes this one stick is the ambiguity baked into the evidence itself — vehicle data, eyewitness accounts, and a defendant who still maintains her innocence. Shirilla was convicted of aggravated murder in 2023, but appeals in the case have kept the story alive, with her legal team continuing to push back on the verdict well into 2025. The documentary doesn't pretend the debate is settled.
Was it rage, recklessness, or a horrific accident dressed up as something darker? Decide for yourself tonight — stream it on Netflix.
