Mathew Broderick was involved in a car accident On August 5, 1987. Broderick was driving a rented BMW 316 when he crossed into the wrong lane and collided head-on with a Volvo in Enniskillen, Northern Ireland.
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Anna Gallagher, the driver, and her mother, Margaret Doherty, were both killed instantly. He was on a vacation with Jennifer Grey.
Margaret’s son and Anna’s brother, Martin Doherty, has forgiven the Broadway actor for the fatal accident.
“He didn’t kill my mother and sister on purpose,” he told the New York Post in 2002. “I had strong feelings at the time, but I have since forgiven him and have no ill will toward him.”
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Broderick pled guilty to careless driving and was fined $175, but he was never charged with vehicular manslaughter.
Grey endured years of chronic pain as a result of the accident. Grey suffered severe whiplash, which necessitated surgery to prevent paralysis.
Broderick sustained a concussion, broken ribs, a broken leg, and other injuries. He was reportedly hospitalised for four weeks after the incident.
Grey and Broderick split up in 1988.
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