not on the same level by far but there was an episode of an accident succeeding a bad decision regarding worker's rights by biden, when that ohio train derailed shortly after he made rail strike illegal. US media didn't link the two facts at that time either

it reminded me of machu picchu somehow??

It still exists, they just make it impossible to find. I keep a link to it saved in my email because my computer is dying and I'm not paying for a "subscription."
www.microsoft.com/en-us/micros...

what happens in the mirror realm is none of my business

I first read it as if she was so immersed in her role she was even behind the steering wheel. There's a lot of car scenes in this movie but idk if naomi watts' character ever drives