we had to speak to people like reverend rob shank who were there at the time and who were organizing things. but certainly from a director's point of view, it was astonishing to hear these things come out of normal's -- norma's month. she continued to say these through the ten months we were filming together. the first time she said it, i was honestly flabbergasted. >> reverend rob, let's listen to a clip that you're featured in talking about norma's claims. >> i had never heard her say anything like this, never. but i know what we were doing, and there were times i was sure she knew. and i wondered is she playing us? what i didn't have the guts to say was because i know damn well we're playing her. what we did with norma was highly unethical. the jig is up. >> you've confirmed mccorvey's account saying the group operation rescue paid her. what was behind those payments? >> well, again, you know, i never thought that i was signing a check for an actor. she uses those words later on. what i did know is that norma harbored secret thoughts, some that she would leak to me from time to ti

rob direnzo has more from massachusetts. >> reporter: when a car crash leaves somebody dead, it's sometimes the job of minnesota state patrol lieutenant gordon shankat's the worst part of the job, when you have to go to a family's house and knock on the door and speaking from personal experience, it's tough. >> reporter: since the coronavirus stay at home advisories have left freeways across the country wide open, shank says people are taking more chances behind the wheel. >> the open road has given people more of a risk to take and they see it as a way to go faster because there's less traffic. >> reporter: in massachusetts, early data shows that car crash death rates doubled in april compared to last year. north carolina and louisiana also saw sharp increases even with overall traffic at record lows. same in connecticut. >> we were expecting to see a dramatic decrease in they number of fatal crashes on the roadways but that's not what's happening. >> reporter: before the shutdown, the most common causes of fatal accidents were speeding, distracted driverring and drunken driving. in minnesota, cases of driving under the influence have fallen rece