Directions(Q.27 to Q.28 ):

Choose the word which is most nearly the SAME in meaning as the word printed in bold as used in the passage.

Overturned

The meaning of the word Overturn (Verb) as used in the passage is : if something overturns or if somebody overturns it, it turns upside down; invert.

Look at the sentence :

The car skidded and over turned.

Hence, the synonym of the word overturned should be inverted.