. Five cars were in the pileup on the freeway with two upside down. vs Five cars were in the pileup on the freeway. Two were upside down.

Both phrases are correct, but they convey slightly different information. The first phrase describes the situation of five cars being in a pileup on the freeway, with two of them upside down. The second phrase provides a clearer separation between the total number of cars involved and the specific number that were upside down.

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. Five cars were in the pileup on the freeway with two upside down.

This phrase is correct and can be used to describe the situation of five cars being in a pileup on the freeway, with two of them upside down.

This phrase is used to indicate that out of the five cars involved in the pileup on the freeway, two of them were upside down.

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First, and I don't know how this relates, but according to a traffic-accident report, Mr. Morris was critically injured in a nasty five-car pileup on the freeway that nearly killed him six months ago.
He was driving on the freeway with both hands on the wheel.
We got a 10-car pileup on the freeway.
It's like going 100 miles an hour on the freeway with your foot on the gas and the emergency brake on.
And one of you caused a five-car pile-up on the freeway because she was talking on the phone while she was driving.
Knocking all the orange cones down on the freeway with my car door?
You just stay on the freeway.
Anyone on the freeway will have to drive right in front of it.
I could be in a worse accident on the freeway.
I'm lost walking on the freeway.
Look at all those jack-knifed trucks on the freeway.
I'm still afraid to drive myself on the freeway.
Someone filmed you on the freeway, with one of these.
You don't want to accidentally get on the freeway.
We picked up litter on the freeway and dredged the river.
She was actually alive until the semi got on the freeway.
Get on the freeway and get off over here.
Walter, you sound like you're running on the freeway.
There won't be any cars on the freeway.
He can be in other cities with a quick ride on the freeways.

Alternatives:

Five cars were in the pileup on the freeway, with two upside down.

Five cars were in the pileup on the freeway. Two were upside down.

This phrase is correct and provides a clearer separation between the total number of cars involved in the pileup and the specific number that were upside down.

This phrase is used to clearly state that out of the five cars involved in the pileup on the freeway, two of them were upside down.

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We got a 10-car pileup on the freeway.
You just stay on the freeway.
I could be in a worse accident on the freeway.
I'm lost walking on the freeway.
Look at all those jack-knifed trucks on the freeway.
I'm still afraid to drive myself on the freeway.
You don't want to accidentally get on the freeway.
She was actually alive until the semi got on the freeway.
Walter, you sound like you're running on the freeway.
There won't be any cars on the freeway.
He can be in other cities with a quick ride on the freeways.
Sorry, Nana, traffic on the freeway.
A man with dementia is driving on the freeway.
-I'm getting on the freeway.
I just lost Tibbs on the freeway.
I hope the kids like selling fruit on the freeway.
Then there's a wreck on the freeway.
Tell me again why we didn't stop at that restaurant on the freeway.
Dump their body on the freeway.
There was a terrible accident on the freeway.

Alternatives:

Five cars were in the pileup on the freeway. Two of them were upside down.

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. Five cars were in the pileup on the freeway with two upside down. vs Five cars were in the pileup on the freeway. Two were upside down.