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Somehow Mackenzie Shirilla’s parents come across almost as bad as ‘hell on wheels’ killer daughter in ‘The Crash’

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This is a crash course on how not to parent.

Buzzy Netflix documentary “The Crash” follows the twisted saga of Mackenzie “hell on wheels” Shirilla, who drove her Toyota Camry into a brick wall at around 100 miles an hour.

The high-speed accident killed passengers Dominic Russo, 20, and Davion Flanagan, 19, in 2022.

Both men were pronounced dead in the mess of twisted metal, but wannabe TikTok star Shirilla, then 17, was taken to the hospital and made a full recovery.

Investigators found she never attempted to use the brakes, intentionally turning her vehicle into a death trap.

Shirilla claimed she had blacked out because of a medical condition, but she failed to convince a judge. She was convicted of murder and aggravated vehicular homicide and is serving two concurrent terms of 15-years to life.

With two young lives snuffed out, the documentary was both harrowing and heartbreaking. But it was also infuriating.

Because, at its core, “The Crash” is a portrait of horrible parenting. It’s the story of two adults so loathe to find any fault in their own child nor impose any boundary, that they created a defiant Mean Girl on a collision course with trouble.

It’s a shame she took out two lives in the process.

Parents Natalie and Steve Shirilla — who,........

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