YOU SAID:
My dear friend was in a car accident.
INTO JAPANESE
私の親愛なる友人は、自動車事故にあった。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
Dear friend of mine was in a car accident.
INTO JAPANESE
私の親愛なる友人は、車の事故にあった。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
Dear friend of mine was in a car accident.
You've done this before, haven't you.