What option fits best in the following question please?
An obstacle had been placed in the middle of the road and the ___________ accident was blamed on it.
a. following
b. ensuing
c. resulting
I think it is not following otherwise the sentence should have been written conversely.Oxford Dictionary says ensuing and following synonym.
The guards returned fire, and the ensuing gunfight lasted all day.(MacMillan)
This example is so similar to the sentence.