Wrong-way car causes crash on A-62 highway, three seriously hurt
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A car drove the wrong way on a road. This caused a big accident.
The accident happened on the A-62. This is a highway in Spain.
It happened near Dueñas. Dueñas is a small town in Palencia.
Three people got hurt very badly. We call this seriously injured.
The car was going in the wrong direction. Drivers call this wrong-way driving.
Emergency workers came to help. They took the hurt people to a hospital.
Police are looking at why this happened. They want to know the cause of the crash.
This kind of accident is very dangerous. Wrong-way drivers can hit other cars.
Highways have rules about direction. Cars must not drive the wrong way.
The accident closed part of the road. Other drivers had to wait or find a new way.
Vocabulary15 words
- accident
- something bad that happens by mistake
- highway
- a big, fast road
- seriously injured
- hurt very badly
- wrong-way driving
- driving in the wrong direction
- hospital
- a place where doctors help hurt people
- cause
- the reason something happens
- emergency workers
- people who help in accidents, like police and doctors
- direction
- the way something goes, like left or right
- dangerous
- not safe; can hurt you
- town
- a small place where people live
- police
- people who keep order and check accidents
- road
- a path for cars
- closed
- not open; you cannot use it
- crash
- when cars hit each other
- helped
- gave support to someone in trouble
Quiz
Answer key
1. A car driving the wrong way 2. On the A-62 highway near Dueñas 3. True
Fill-in-the-blank listening
Play the audio again and fill in the missing words as you listen.
A car drove the wrong way on a road. This caused a big _____.
The accident happened on the A-62. This is a _____ in Spain.
It happened near Dueñas. Dueñas is a small _____ in Palencia.
Three people got hurt very badly. We call this _____.
The car was going in the wrong direction. Drivers call this _____.
Emergency workers came to help. They took the hurt people to a _____.
Police are looking at why this happened. They want to know the _____ of the crash.
This kind of accident is very _____. Wrong-way drivers can hit other cars.
The accident _____ part of the road.