in un incidente d'auto

in a car accident

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in a car accident Used to describe an event or condition resulting from a car accident. “D'auto” means “of a car.”
IT: Mio fratello si è ferito in un incidente d'auto.
EN: My brother was injured in a car accident.

Sono morti da poco in un incidente d'auto.

They recently died in a car accident.

— I morti non muoiono (2019)

In un incidente d'auto.

In a car accident.

— Whiplash (2014)

Ha perso il suo unico figlio in un incidente d'auto.

He lost his only son in a car accident.

Lei è rimasta ferita in un incidente d'auto.

She was injured in a car accident.

Era il nome di mia moglie, morta bruciata in un incidente d'auto.

It was my wife’s name; she died burned in a car accident.

— La pelle che abito (2011)

Emily e suo marito morirono in un incidente d'auto.

Emily and her husband died in a car accident.

— Quando c'era Marnie (2014)