collision
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Videos on social media have documented the outage, with one appearing to show it resulting in a highway collision, although police said no injuries had been reported and passengers exited their vehicles safely.
From BBC • Apr. 1, 2026
Rousseau had sparked controversy by issuing an English-only video message to express condolences after a deadly collision late on March 22 between an Air Canada jet and a fire truck at New York's LaGuardia Airport.
From Barron's • Mar. 30, 2026
The collision happened around 4:58 a.m. in the eastbound lanes near Crenshaw Boulevard, according to the California Highway Patrol.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 29, 2026
The driver of the pickup truck then tried to edge off to the side of the road, Budensiek said, and Woods swerved to avoid a collision.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026
Instead, for practical purposes the collision of advanced Old World and New World societies began abruptly in A.D.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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