Jennifer Grey Recalls Fatal Matthew Broderick Car Crash and Shares How It Still Affects Her Today (Exclusive)

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Jennifer Grey is opening up about the life-changing events that she gets candid about in her new book, . ET spoke with the 62-year-old actress following the release of her memoir, and she didn't hold back on discussing painful moments in her life.One such moment that Grey discusses in the book is when weeks before the release of her now iconic film, 1987's , she was in a fatal car crash in Ireland with her then-boyfriend, Matthew Broderick.

The crash, during which Broderick was behind the wheel, left two women dead.«The car accident in Ireland was, I would say, top three traumas of my life, maybe top one.

It's very hard to describe when you have a near-death experience and are present for the death of other people,» Grey told ET. "… 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."«I was the sole living witness, because Matthew had survived, but he was unconscious and had amnesia and was very badly injured.

I thought he was dead,» she added. «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.»Grey said she still thinks about the tragedy.«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 continued. «And [Broderick] was a great driver, and nobody was drinking.