Question

Choose the grammatically correct option from the following.

• A. The train couldn't stop in time and crashed with the truck.
• B. The train couldn't stop in time and crashed into the truck.
• C. The train couldn't stop in time and crashed against the truck.
• D. The train couldn't stop in time and crashed before the truck.

Hint:

“Crash” idiomatically takes the preposition “into” when describing a collision.

Answer 1

The Correct Option is B

Since “crash” has one standard idiomatic partner preposition in English, checking each option against that fixed collocation is the quickest route here.

1. “Crashed with”: Not the idiom native English speakers use for vehicle collisions.
2. “Crashed into”: The standard, natural collocation for describing one object colliding with another.
3. “Crashed against”: Sounds closer to correct but is less natural than “into” for a moving vehicle striking another.
4. “Crashed before”: Describes a time or position relationship, not a collision at all.

So the correct answer is option B, crashed into the truck.