The phrase "accident claimed" is correct and usable in written English.
It is typically used in news reports or discussions about incidents where an accident has resulted in loss of life or injury.
Example: "The car crash on the highway last night claimed two lives and left several others injured."
Alternatives: "accident resulted in" or "accident caused".
An explosion on November 11th in Henan province killed 33 miners; three weeks earlier, another Henan accident claimed 148.
I think back not just to Lowry's son but also to the other son that accident claimed, the mechanic prosecuted for Grey Lowry's death.
In 2004, a miner died as a result of a cave-in, and two years later another accident claimed a life.
It seems barely believable that such a freak accident claimed his life and I extend my deepest sympathies to his family and friends".
BEIJING -- China's prime minister, Wen Jiabao, stood amid funerary wreaths in Wenzhou, near where a high-speed train accident claimed 40 lives late last month, and pledged an "open and transparent" government inquiry into the disaster.
Neil Armstrong walked on the moon only 30 months after a tragic accident claimed the lives of three astronauts on the launching pad and resulted in the suspension of Apollo test missions for more than a year.
C. J. Hribal's new book probes what happens when memories won't be shaken, when an accident claims a son or a sister or the estrangement between parent and child lasts too long to be healed.
Sunnis largely refused to accept the death as an accident, claiming it as an assassination, and by implication, an escalation of the warning given by Syria and its Lebanese allies to Hariri's political camp.
Patients, including one with heart problems and another who survived a plane accident, claim it's their constitutional right to have the treatment.
The Barson family has filed a wrongful-death lawsuit against Williams, who was not injured in the accident, claiming that Jerome Barson's death was caused "as a result of the negligence of Williams," the Palm Beach Post reported last week. .
"Frankenweenie," a remake of a featurette Burton made in 1984, follows young Victor as he attempts to reanimate his beloved dog, Sparky, after a freak accident claims his life.
