Chappaquiddick incident

Cultural  

1. An automobile accident in 1969 that greatly affected the career of Senator Edward (Ted) Kennedy of Massachusetts. A woman on Kennedy's staff drowned at Chappaquiddick Island, off the Massachusetts coast, after a car that Kennedy had been driving, and in which she had been riding, went off a bridge. Kennedy survived, but delayed informing the police, and has never provided a full explanation of the incident. Afterward, many voters lost confidence in Kennedy, who had been considered a strong possibility to be nominated by the Democratic party for president.

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Example Sentences

He later covered events including the Chappaquiddick incident of 1969 — when U.S.

From Washington Post

It marked the beginning of the age of Nixon and the Silent Majority, and it saw the effective end of Camelot with the Chappaquiddick incident.

From Salon

Some historical context is provided via radio-broadcast snippets reporting on the Vietnam War and the Chappaquiddick incident involving Sen. Ted Kennedy, happening contemporaneously with the moon mission.

From Seattle Times

The novel opens in 1954 with an echo of the Chappaquiddick incident reset in Washington's Rock Creek Park.

From Los Angeles Times

The novel opens in 1954 with an echo of the Chappaquiddick incident reset in Washington’s Rock Creek Park.

From Washington Post