The phrase "and crashed in a" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts describing an accident or failure, often related to vehicles, technology, or systems.
Example: "The car lost control and crashed in a ditch."
Alternatives: "and collided with a" or "and fell into a".
Then it stalled, turned on one wing, and crashed in a fiery explosion.
He tried out the flight simulator, rejected his instructor's suggestion that he use the autopilot, and crashed in a field.
He was on a reconnaissance flight over a beach somewhere in the Solomon Islands when the plane slammed into a tree and crashed in a ball of flames.
Nathan Horton, who scored the winning goals in Game 7 of the first round and of the Eastern Conference finals, was checked in the head by Vancouver defenseman Aaron Rome and crashed in a heap onto the ice, unconscious.
On Feb. 8, 1968, he was flying back to Da Nang in the beat-up Huey, with a black cat painted on its nose, when it came under heavy ground fire and crashed in a cemetery.
Two young men from Long Island were killed on Friday evening when their single-engine plane filled with smoke and crashed in a residential area in western Connecticut, officials said yesterday.
The helicopter spun around and crashed in an open field, turned on its side and started burning.
GLENDALE — A motorcyclist died early Friday after he hit a curb and crashed in an attempt to flee from police on Cañada Boulevard and Towne Avenue, police said.
And, in this case, Bush was caught in the "if you are explaining, you ain't winning" trap and crashed in an effort worthy of John Connolly [object lesson #2].
No fancy talk here, just solid, monosyllabic obscenities; no flights of digital fancy, just souped-up monster cars flipping end over end in a napalm blaze and crashing in a crunch of flaming metal ouch.
Carney completed her hat-trick inside 40 minutes when she drove in from 25 yards before latching on to a loose ball in the area and crashing in a left-footed shot.
