freak accident

Example Sentences

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In a freak accident, he injured his neck when a wave caused him to flip and hit the sand in Langland Bay, Swansea.

From BBC • Dec. 31, 2025

A freak accident on the set of “L.A.’s Finest,” an upcoming cop drama starring Gabrielle Union and Jessica Alba, injured two of the series’ showrunners, with one losing part of his leg in the incident.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 17, 2025

In a freak accident, Steve Irwin died after being pierced through the heart by a usually chill stingray while filming an underwater documentary in a lagoon off the Great Barrier Reef.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2025

The family of a man who was crushed to death in a freak accident fear they may never find out what caused the pop-up urinal he was working on to drop suddenly.

From BBC • Feb. 8, 2025

So this is a freak accident to faint and then collapse in such a way as to get sliced between the eyes by the surprisingly dangerous trunk of the elephant coffee table.

From "Counting by 7s" by Holly Goldberg Sloan