1.   A long, straight piece of road with no other traffic, and his car hit a tree.

2.   I saw the car leave the road and hit a tree.

3.   Suddenly a huge fork of lightning hit the tree.

4.   The bus hit a tree and the driver was badly injured.

5.   The car spun out of control and hit a tree.

6.   She was killed instantly when her car hit a tree.

7.   A Rumpler, straining to make height, saw him coming, turned panicking away and hit a tree.

8.   The wavefronts will hit the tree at an accelerated rate because of the movement of the bat towards the tree.

9.   Helen Davies from Bristol, who was nineteen three weeks ago was a passenger in a car which hit a tree at Cinderford, in the Forest of Dean.

10.   The investigation team said Mr Gower was probably attempting an emergency landing when the plane hit a tree and nose-dived to the ground.