oncoming
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On 22 August a Volkswagen Passat with five young men hit an oncoming marked Cleveland Police vehicle on the dual carriageway near Middlesbrough at about 03:39 BST.
From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2026
Leslie Goldman, who lives near Studebaker and Stearns, said large piles of dirt — at times higher than cars — have blocked residents from crossing the street or seeing oncoming traffic.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026
Former National Assembly deputy Nguyen Sy Cuong was indeed driving his car down Nguyen Huy Tu Street on 30 May, 2025, when his vehicle suddenly swerved across the road and into an oncoming motorcycle.
From BBC ● Aug. 23, 2026
The couple's car collided with an oncoming truck while overtaking another vehicle on Monday afternoon, said Nicolas Leclainche, the deputy public prosecutor in Niort in the Deux-Sevres department.
From Barron's ● Aug. 18, 2026
I could see that JimmyTrotter didn’t talk about his brother, mother, father, or grandmother or the accident caused by the oncoming trucker who had fallen asleep at the wheel while driving a tractor-trailer carrying lumber.
From "Gone Crazy in Alabama" by Rita Williams-Garcia
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