Jennifer Grey Recalls Traumatic Car Accident With Matthew Broderick That Left 2 People Dead: ‘You Don’t Come Back From That’

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Painful memories. Jennifer Grey is getting candid about the details of her relationship with Matthew Broderick in her book, Out of the Corner: A Memoir — including the fatal car crash that left two people dead.“The car accident in Ireland was, I would say, top three traumas of my life, maybe top one,” the Ferris Bueller’s Day Off Star, 62, revealed on Thursday, May 5, in an interview with Entertainment Tonight. “It’s very hard to describe when you have a near-death experience and are present for the death of other people.

Being alone on a country road in the middle of nowhere with nobody else around or conscious was pretty terrifying … It led to so many other things in my life.”The crash, which occurred right before the release of her 1987 film Dirty Dancing, left two people dead and Broderick, 60, with severe injuries.“I was the sole living witness because Matthew had survived, but he was unconscious and had amnesia and was very badly injured,” the actress revealed. “I thought he was dead.

I didn’t even know there were two other women who were tragically killed at the time. It’s just something that you just don’t come back from in the same way.”While Broderick was behind the wheel at the time, the Friends alum told ET that no details were withheld about the accident — and The Producers star wasn’t to blame.“I wasn’t holding any information that people seem to think I did because they wanted an answer and there was no answer because it was an accident,” she said. “And [Broderick] was a great driver, and nobody was drinking.

It was just an accident. And it was tragic, and I think about the family in Ireland all the time.”Grey and Broderick met on the set of Ferris Buellers Day Off.