Learn · Sentences Describing an Accident
Someone hit another car while trying to overtake.
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Narrator
Someone hit another car while trying to overtake.
Study notes
How to use in different contexts
Reporting an Accident
A car accident occurred when one vehicle attempted to overtake another.
Describing an Event
While trying to pass, one car collided with another.
Asking for Information
Did you see how that car hit another while overtaking?
Speculating
Perhaps the driver misjudged the distance while attempting to overtake.
Rephrased versions
Formal
A collision occurred when one vehicle undertook another.
Casual
One car rear-ended another while trying to pass.
Simpler English
A car crashed into another car when it tried to go around.
Phrases to learn
hit another car
To collide with another vehicle.
trying to overtake
Attempting to pass another vehicle.