head-on collision
noun
: a crash of two vehicles that are moving directly toward each other
There was nothing I could do to avoid a head-on collision.
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Captain Peter Girard and his crew tried to regain control of the ship, but the wind blew them onto a head-on collision course with the Ohio, which was carrying 1,000 tons of grain.
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Jennifer Ouellette,
Ars Technica,
6 Mar. 2023
Three people were killed and one person received minor injuries in a head-on collision in Osceola County Saturday morning, authorities say.
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Christopher Cann,
Orlando Sentinel,
4 Mar. 2023
Emergency crews, meanwhile, inched through the remains of passenger carriages in their search for the dead from Tuesday night’s head-on collision, which has left 57 confirmed dead – a number that rescuers fear will increase.
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Costas Kantouris and Nicholas Paphitis,
The Christian Science Monitor,
3 Mar. 2023
Transport minister resigns after Greek train wreck kills 43 Greek Transport Minister Kostas Karamanlis resigned Wednesday after a fiery head-on collision of passenger and freight trains near the town of Tempe in northern Greece.
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Nicole Fallert,
USA TODAY,
2 Mar. 2023
Rescue workers spent the hours after the head-on collision picking through the wreckage for survivors.
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Christopher Vourlias,
Variety,
1 Mar. 2023
At least 36 people were killed and more than 80 others injured in a head-on collision between a freight train and a passenger train in Greece late Tuesday, officials said.
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Will Gretsky,
ABC News,
1 Mar. 2023
Two people were killed following a head-on collision Monday night in Mobile County near the Mississippi border, authorities said Tuesday.
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Howard Koplowitz | [email protected],
al,
28 Feb. 2023
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Jennifer Ouellette,
Ars Technica,
6 Mar. 2023
Three people were killed and one person received minor injuries in a head-on collision in Osceola County Saturday morning, authorities say.
—
Christopher Cann,
Orlando Sentinel,
4 Mar. 2023
Emergency crews, meanwhile, inched through the remains of passenger carriages in their search for the dead from Tuesday night’s head-on collision, which has left 57 confirmed dead – a number that rescuers fear will increase.
—
Costas Kantouris and Nicholas Paphitis,
The Christian Science Monitor,
3 Mar. 2023
Transport minister resigns after Greek train wreck kills 43 Greek Transport Minister Kostas Karamanlis resigned Wednesday after a fiery head-on collision of passenger and freight trains near the town of Tempe in northern Greece.
—
Nicole Fallert,
USA TODAY,
2 Mar. 2023
Rescue workers spent the hours after the head-on collision picking through the wreckage for survivors.
—
Christopher Vourlias,
Variety,
1 Mar. 2023
At least 36 people were killed and more than 80 others injured in a head-on collision between a freight train and a passenger train in Greece late Tuesday, officials said.
—
Will Gretsky,
ABC News,
1 Mar. 2023
Two people were killed following a head-on collision Monday night in Mobile County near the Mississippi border, authorities said Tuesday.
—
Howard Koplowitz | [email protected],
al,
28 Feb. 2023
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