Bowled over in awful shunt with red vehicle

I believe the answer is:

thunderstruck

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(Other definitions for thunderstruck that I've seen before include "Completely taken aback" , "Extremely surprised" , "Very surprised, shocked" , "Astonished" , "Flabbergasted" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.

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