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[jasonlulu_2000]

I was standing in front of the second national bank building at about 8:50 am. I saw a red car heading for the crossroads of Churchill Avenue in York road. It was coming towards me along Churchill Avenue at 40 miles per hour. The traffics lights on York road changed to green and a delivery lorry began to move forward at about five miles per hour. The car driver didn't see the traffic light had changed from orange to red and ran into the side of the lorry.


The position of Churchill Avenue and York road puzzles me in this context?

Are they in a line or at a vertical angle?

In other words, I cannot understand the underlined sentence. What is the relationship between Churchill Avenue and York road?

[Lorikeet]

If it's a crossroads, the roads usually cross like a +.

[jasonlulu_2000]

Sorry, I know what a crossroads is like. BUT

What I want to know is whether Churchill Avenue is in a line with York Road or they are at an vertical angle.


From the passage, am I in Churchill Avenue or in York road?


Many thanks

[pugachevV]

I think the passage should read "The crossroads of Churchill Avenue and York Rd."

It doesn't specify what road the witness was standing on.
If you know what road the front of the Second National Bank is on, that's the road the witness was on.
As Lorikeet has indicated, Churchill and York are roads that most likely intersect at a 90 degree angle.