US2 min(s) read
Published 16:11 21 May 2026 GMT
Newly resurfaced bodycam footage has revealed the horrifying moment police discovered Mackenzie Shirilla still alive inside the wreckage of the crash that killed her boyfriend and his friend.
The footage shows stunned officers arriving at the scene in suburban Cleveland after Shirilla, deliberately drove her car into a wall at nearly 100mph.
As first responders approached the destroyed vehicle, which had been ripped almost completely in half, one officer could be heard saying: “Holy smokes… the last thing you expect to see,” after realizing Shirilla had survived the impact.
Another visibly shaken cop added: “This is the worst crash I’ve ever seen.”
The crash killed Shirilla’s boyfriend, Dominic Russo, 20, and his friend Davion Flanagan, 19.
The disturbing footage resurfaced this week after renewed interest in the case following the release of the Netflix documentary The Crash.
In raw footage obtained by TMZ, officers can be heard reacting in horror as they rushed toward the car wreckage.
“This is bad, guys,” one officer said.
Moments later, police realized Shirilla was still breathing inside the car, but they were initially unable to get to her.
“The driver is breathing, unconscious,” one officer shouted.
“We’ve got two that are gone.”
The video then shows officers desperately attempting to smash the driver’s side window to reach her.
Once firefighters successfully removed the door from the wreckage, Shirilla could reportedly be heard screaming as emergency crews pulled her from the wreckage and loaded her into an ambulance.
Now 21, Shirilla is serving time behind bars after being convicted of murder and several other charges in 2023.
During sentencing, the judge famously described her as “literal hell on wheels.”
The show has climbed to the top of Netflix’s charts, since being released earlier this month.
Shirilla appears throughout the documentary from prison, where she expresses regret over the deadly incident while insisting she is “not a monster.”
The case has proved divisive amongst viewers, with some believing she never intended to kill the two boys, while others share the opinion that she deliberately crashed the car into a wall.
