freak accident

Example Sentences

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"I'm assuming it's just a freak accident," he said, though he added he "was not sure how avoidable" the ferry capsizing was.

From BBC • Dec. 22, 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

A North Lanarkshire woman who nearly died in a freak accident in Bali has returned to the Indonesian island just seven months after the crash.

From BBC • Feb. 21, 2025

“This is a freak accident that my family and I are trying to wrap our heads around and we also have 4 girls at home who we still need to care for,” she wrote.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 1, 2025

“Our father died in a freak accident in the deep sea,” said Shifa quietly.

From "The Boy Who Met a Whale" by Nizrana Farook