Learn · Sentences Describing an Accident

The bus collided with a car that suddenly swerved into its path.

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Narrator

The bus collided with a car that suddenly swerved into its path.

Study notes

How to use in different contexts

Reporting an Accident

A bus and a car collided; the car had swerved into the bus's path.

Describing an Event

The bus was traveling along when a car suddenly swerved, causing a collision.

Giving a Witness Account

I saw a car swerve into the path of a bus, resulting in a collision.

News Reporting

A collision occurred this morning between a bus and a car that swerved unexpectedly.

Rephrased versions

Formal

A collision ensued when a car unexpectedly veered into the trajectory of the bus.

Casual

A car cut the bus off, and they crashed.

Simpler English

The bus hit a car that turned in front of it.

Phrases to learn

collided with

To hit or crash into something.

swerved into its path

To suddenly change direction, causing an obstruction.