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sono jiko wa kinou no yoru ni okorimashita.

その 事じ故こ は 昨き日のう の 夜よる に 起おこりました。sono jiko wa kinou no yoru ni okorimashita.
That accident happened last night.
From Lesson 362:Vocabulary expansion 45·Japanese

Breakdown of sono jiko wa kinou no yoru ni okorimashita.

はwa
topic particle
のno
possessive case particle
にni
at; on; in; to; for [indirect object particle]
そのsono
that ... adnominal
昨き日のうkinou
yesterday
夜よるyoru
night

夜よる represents the time from sunset to sunrise. 夜よる thus includes the time while you're asleep, whereas 晩ばん does not.

事じ故こjiko
accident
起おこるokoru
to occur; to happen

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