Mackenzie Shirilla Denies Intent in Netflix Doc on 100 mph Crash That Killed 2

9 articles · Updated · USA TODAY · May 15

Netflix’s “The Crash” features Mackenzie Shirilla’s first extended public comments on the July 2022 Strongsville wreck, with the imprisoned driver saying she is “not a monster” and insisting the collision was unintentional.
At about 5:30 a.m. on July 31, 2022, Shirilla — then 17 — drove roughly 100 mph into a brick building, killing Dominic Russo, 20, and Davion Flanagan, 19; she says she has no memory of the event and points to POTS as a possible cause.
Five seconds of pre-crash data showed the accelerator floored and no braking, while steering inputs and a shift into neutral then back into drive supported prosecutors’ claim that the crash was deliberate and that the passengers may have tried to intervene.
A judge convicted Shirilla of all charges in August 2023 and sentenced her to 15 years to life, to run concurrently; an Ohio appeals court rejected a filing in March as one day late, leaving her eligible for parole in 2037.
The documentary also revisits the pair’s volatile relationship, including threatening messages and disputed accounts of erratic driving, framing the case’s central question around whether Shirilla’s prison interview is credible.

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