Car crash

Was it an accident? Sabotage? A chase that went bad? A hit and run? The important is that the vehicle crashed and someone got hurt.

Bonus points if the whumpee ends up trapped on the accident site and has to be rescued, with worried loved ones around.

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## TV Shows

**Alex Rider**

* **1x07: Alex Rider** (Otto Farrant) is running away from the school, but when he finally manages to reach the road, a truck hits him, leaving him unconscious.

**Designated Survivor**

* **1x10:** Agent **Hannah Well's** (Maggie Q) car is hit to stop her investigation on the big conspiracy. She is forced to run away, injured, to survive.

**Forever**

* **Ep 2: Henry Morgan** (Ioan Gruffudd) avoids falling from a bridge, but just as he is about to go home with his bike, he gets down to grab something and a truck hits him.

**House M.D.**

* **4x15: Gregory House** (Hugh Laurie) starts the episode confused, concussioned and without memory of what happened, and soon finds out he was in a bus crash. The actual accident is shown at the end of the episode.

**Hunters**

* **1x10: Joe Mizushima** (Louis Ozawa) is hit by a car when walking on the street, and the men responsible puts him unconscious inside the vehicle, kidnapping him.

**Lucifer**

* **5x12: Dan Espinoza** (Kevin Alejandro) is on Mexico dealing with an extradition case, and when he is transporting the prisioner, someone crashes onto his car. He wakes up alone with an injured head.

**Magnum P.I.**

* **1x07: Thomas Magnum** (Jay Hernandez) tries to catch a suspect in a long running sequence... until a car hits him on the street. He is then seen being treated for 3 broken ribs (without major consequences though)

**Once Upon a Time**

* **2x12: Killian Jones** (Colin O'Donoghue) was hit by a car on the previous episode, to crown his moment of revenge. He has some broken ribs, and is taken to the hospital.

**Sense8**

* **1x02: Will Gorski** (Brian J.Smith) doesn't know how to control his habilities yet, so he projects himself inside another car, and ends up crashing his own.

**The Night Shift**

* **1x04: Drew Alister** (Brendan Fehr) is with other militaries driving at night, all ready for a mission, when they almost hit an animal and the car crashes off the road. All of them gets injured, and Drew does his best to take care of them.

**The OC**

* **1x24:** Heartbroken and drunk, **Luke Ward** (Chris Carmack) drive around until he crashes at a phone pole. This moment is off camera, but Ryan and Marissa arrive at the scene as Luke is being taken to the ambulance.

**Transplant**

* **1x01: Bashir Hamed** (Hamza Haq) is working at a restaurant when a car crashes through the window. He gets a lot of glass shards on his abdomen, and between helping other wounded and trying to stay away from a police officer (at the hospital), his injuries bleeds a significant amount.

## Movies

**Greenland (2020)**

* **John Garrity** (Gerard Butler) gets attacked by the other men riding with him at the back of the truck, as they try to steal from him. The comotion causes an accident.

**Iron Man 2 (2010)**

* **Tony Stark's** (Robert Downey Jr.) race car is abruptly attacked by a man with energized whips, making it flip and stopping with Tony upside down. Without significant consequences.

## Dramas

**Sweet Home**

* **Ep 8:** A small group goes out to get very needed supplies outside, but shortly after leaving, a big creature gets in the way and makes the car crash.