fender bender

Example Sentences

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Koonce was in a “minor fender bender” with another vehicle, McCreary said, and the other driver shot and killed him.

From Washington Post

In fact, that is precisely what they did, firing a volley of bullets into Ghaisar’s head — incredibly, after an incident that began with a garden-variety fender bender involving Ghaisar’s car on the George Washington Memorial Parkway in Northern Virginia.

From Washington Post

We stopped unexpectedly in the middle of Highway 99 where he picked up all the passengers from a stranded C bus that had been in a fender bender.

From Seattle Times

By declining to prosecute them for a killing that stemmed from a fender bender in suburban Virginia, Attorney General Merrick Garland’s department has effectively shrugged at an apparently unjustified killing.

From Washington Post

Ghaisar had been involved in a fender bender in the city of Alexandria in which his Jeep Grand Cherokee was struck from behind by a Toyota Corolla, and Ghaisar drove off without speaking to the other driver.

From Washington Post