head-on collision
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head-on collisions
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PC Blades and his colleague PC Tom Clough died in a head-on collision between their police car and a vehicle going the wrong way on the A66 near Middlesbrough early on 22 August.
From BBC ● Aug. 30, 2026
Earlier this month, five teenagers were killed in a head-on collision in County Kildare, Ireland, after driving the wrong way down a motorway.
From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2026
The head-on collision exposed the parlous state of the Greek railway network's safety precautions -- despite European Union grants for their modernisation and repeated warnings from unions.
From Barron's ● Mar. 23, 2026
Ruoff referenced the case of a commercial truck driver who was found not guilty of causing the deaths of seven motorcyclists in a head-on collision in northern New Hampshire in 2019.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 12, 2024
He had a heart inside—after three major attacks in the past ten years—that must look like the aftermath of a head-on collision.
From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols
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