Overview
- Netflix released The Crash on Friday, featuring Mackenzie Shirilla’s first on-camera interview from prison in which she denies intent and points to a possible medical episode known as POTS.
- In July 2022, investigators said Shirilla drove about 100 mph into a brick building in Strongsville, Ohio, killing Dominic Russo and Davion Flanagan while she was the sole survivor.
- Data from the car’s event recorder captured five seconds before impact with the accelerator pressed to the floor and no braking, plus steering inputs and gear shifts, and experts found no mechanical failure.
- In an August 2023 bench trial, a judge found her guilty of 12 felonies including two counts of murder, called her “literal hell on wheels,” and imposed two concurrent 15‑years‑to‑life terms; she is imprisoned in Marysville with parole eligibility in 2037.
- The Eighth District Court of Appeals in March 2026 left her conviction in place after her lawyer filed an appeal one day past the 365‑day deadline, while prosecutors’ case had also highlighted her past social media posts as behavioral evidence.