"The accident"

Translation: Der Unfall

[flis333]

Zufall?

[kyky]

"accident" can be "Zufall" but "Zufall" is neutral, whereas "accident" usually has a negative connotation.

[Menschenkind]

To point this out further, 'coincidence' fits 'Zufall' better. Zufall is not only neutral, but sometimes even positive, at least more often than negative.

[kyky]

You can also say "böser Zufall" to show that it was a negative coincidence but I don't think it is used much.