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'Radioactive' - Ep. 5: The Phantom Vehicle

20/20

ABC News

True Crime

3.87.3K Ratings

🗓️ 17 December 2024

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

Fifty years later, what can that original bumper tell us about the cause of Karen's accident? In our final episode, an accident reconstructionist combs through the original evidence, creates a computer simulation of the crash, and reveals his findings to the Silkwood family. Follow "Radioactive: The Karen Silkwood Mystery" now on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, or your podcast app of choice. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:27.0

I just wanted to say, hello, I'm Steve Irwin. I just get an idea who everyone is. Oh, wow,

0:32.8

there's a lot of everyone's. Yeah, there's a bunch of us. There's a bunch of us.

0:37.7

Steve Irwin peers into a Zoom screen. A couple rows of faces stare back at him. It's not his

0:44.6

usual audience. Hi, Linda. I'm Michael. Is that Rosemary over there? Hi, Michael.

0:52.1

Okay. We got the whole fam family.

0:55.8

Steve's an accident reconstructionist.

0:59.3

He's used to speaking to juries in courtrooms.

1:02.8

He's dressed the part today in a light gray suit coat and tie.

1:07.5

Anyway, I just feel better going to talking to.

1:11.6

But today, he's presenting to members of the Silkwood family.

1:15.9

They've gathered to hear what he has to say about the fatal crash that killed Karen

1:20.7

Silkwood 50 years ago.

1:25.1

Maybe Steve Irwin will finally have some of the answers they've been waiting for.

1:30.3

Why did Karen's car leave the road that night and crash into a concrete culvert?

1:36.3

Seven miles into her trip, exhausted, stressed out from her multiple contaminations and scrub downs,

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