YOU SAID:

the cat walked across the road and got hit by a car

INTO JAPANESE

猫が道を横切って歩いていて、車にはねられた

BACK INTO ENGLISH

A cat was walking across the road and was hit by a car

INTO JAPANESE

猫が道を横切って歩いていて、車にはねられた

BACK INTO ENGLISH

A cat was walking across the road and was hit by a car