car crash

noun

1. a collision between motor vehicles

2. informal,  something or someone that has suffered ruin or calamity

Example Sentences

A car crash on a Southern California freeway last year was a staged wreck to scam a ride-hail driver’s insurance company, authorities said Monday.

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The forward was involved in an unfortunate incident earlier in the day at Real Madrid's annual general meeting, when the club displayed his photograph by accident in a tribute to former Liverpool striker Diogo Jota and his brother Andre Silva, who both died in a car crash in July.

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Liverpool and Portugal forward Jota died in a car crash in July at the age of 28, along with his 25-year-old brother, who was a professional footballer with Portuguese second-tier club Penafiel.

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“But it’s like watching a car crash. You can’t not watch.”

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An off-duty Los Angeles Police Department officer was killed in a car crash early Saturday morning, authorities said.

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