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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/iloveuranus on 2024-10-26 09:07:32+00:00.

Original Title: TIL in July 1969, US Senator Ted Kennedy crashed his car into the sea after a party and left the scene, leaving Mary Jo Kopechne to drown, a young woman that could have been saved if help had been called that night.