“I was driving carefully when my car hit the tree.” He told the police.

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“I was driving carefully when my car hit the tree.” He told the police.
请将句子改为间接引语!
(He told the police that )
He told the police that he had been driving carefully when his car hit the tree.为什么不是这个呢?

He told the police that he was driving carefully when his car hit the tree.