accident
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Two big crashes stopped the race, with Marquez involved in a nasty accident when he ran into the back of Pedro Acosta.
From BBC • May 17, 2026
Staffing the train with more workers or longer railcar inspections wouldn’t have prevented the accident.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 17, 2026
According to a release from Santa Monica officials on Friday morning, security footage from a nearby business captured the woman moving underneath the Metro bus prior to the accident.
From Los Angeles Times • May 17, 2026
A rescue diver has died while searching for the bodies of four Italians who died in a scuba-diving accident in the Maldives.
From BBC • May 16, 2026
It is believed that this accident is the first such between horse-drawn vehicle and internal combustion engine in the twentieth century here in the Hoosier heartland.
From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck
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