Two best friends are in a car, on a snow covered road, get into an accident, killing one,'maureen' the driver. the other teenager,'bridget' is in the hospital, in a coma. because the car belongs to maureen,they think she was driving the car. Maureen wakes up and tells them shes maureen and not bridget.
thinking it was really 'bridget' in a coma, her parents by her bedside. when they find out its really their daughter that died, the mother turns to drinking, and is very mean to maureen. In the end bridgets sister does forgive maureen.