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accident

[ak-si-duhnt] / ˈæk sɪ dənt /




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The accident near the town of Goppenstein occurred as the region is under its second highest avalanche warning, a level four out of five.

From Barron's

“I thought it was a coincidence at the time, but I don’t think it was,” Walters says in the documentary, adding that her mother’s accident was in her application.

From Los Angeles Times

The exhibition also includes murals featuring familiar childhood imagery: One is an illustration of an enormous traffic accident by children’s book author Richard Scarry.

From Los Angeles Times

The land has passed through every generation since, including those who fought in the Civil War and survived a buzz-saw accident.

From The Wall Street Journal

It appeared to be a tragic, but not uncommon, accident.

From BBC