Harry Beecham works for a hi-tech German company based in Munich.高技术的; 慕尼黑（德国城市，巴伐利亚州首府）;

Last month he was in an automobile accident.汽车;

He was on his way to attend an important meeting in New York City.

He had just arrived on a flight from London and was taking a taxi into the city.

The weather was terrible and the road was icy.

He was in a hurry, so he asked the taxi driver to get him into the city as soon as possible.

The taxi driver agreed and sped up, but just as they left the airport, the car went out of control.

It spun around and skidded into the path of an oncoming truck.使…旋转( spin的过去式和过去分词 )
  （通常指车辆） 侧滑( skid的过去式和过去分词   迎面而来的，即将到来的;                     

Fortunately, the truck wasn't going too fast, so nobody was killed.幸运地

But the taxi was severely damaged and both passengers were injured.
                        严格地; 严重地;                             乘客

(The main reason it went out of control was because of the bad road conditions.)

(The accident wouldn't have happened had the weather been better.)

The taxi driver survived with only a few injuries, because he was wearing a seatbelt.

The taxi's air-bag had also deployed, absorbing much of the impact.吸收  碰撞，冲击

However, Harry, who was in the backseat, hadn't put on his seatbelt.

As a result, he was severely injured, and had to be rushed to a hospital.