Claims extracted
16
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
6%
1 of 16 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
not political
takes no side on a contested political question
Publisher signals
60/100
CBC News's corrections and
hedging, across everything collected from it. Not a measure of accuracy.
Outlets on this story
17
World
Same framing elsewhere
1
articles that frame the event the way this one does
At least 7 killed, more than 100 injured after trains collide in Egypt
President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi orders prompt investigation into incident
Seven people were killed and more than 100 others injured when two trains collided Sunday south of the Egyptian capital of Cairo, the chief prosecutor's office said in a statement.
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office → kill → statement
It also said the train's conductor was among those killed.
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conductor → say → those
The crash occurred in the al-Ayyat district in Giza province, about 52 kilometers south of Cairo.
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crash → occur → Cairo
A train travelling to the southwestern Fayoum province crashed into the rear of a train heading to the southern province of Aswan, according to the Transportation Ministry.
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train → travel → Ministry
The chief prosecutor's office said late Sunday its investigators had arrived at the site.
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investigators → say → site
An inspection indicated that the crash took place when the Giza-Fayyoum train collided with the last carriage of the Cairo-Aswan train, which was stationary on the same track and travelling in the same direction, officials said.
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officials → indicate → direction
Ayman Gamal, a resident of Kafr Girza in al-Ayyat where the crash occurred, said people living nearby rushed to the scene, pulled out survivors and called ambulances.
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people → occur → ambulances
Police officers gather at the site of a deadly train collision on Sunday.
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officers → gather → Sunday
Gamal said that he saw around 80 of the injured were taken by ambulances to nearby hospitals.
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80 → say → hospitals
Some passengers were trapped inside one of the carriages of the stationary train and were dead when they were pulled out, he said.
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he → trap → train
President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi said in a social media post that he ordered a prompt investigation into the crash.
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he → say → crash
Emergency teams and cranes were dispatched to the scene to clear the wreckage and restore train services to their normal schedule as soon as possible, the Egyptian Railway Authority said.
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Authority → dispatch → schedule
Last September, a train driver and his assistant were injured after two freight trains collided in the same district.
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trains → injure → district
Train derailments and crashes are common in Egypt, where the railway system has a history of mismanagement and poor maintenance of equipment.
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system → have → equipment
In recent years, the government announced modernization initiatives to improve its railways.
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government → announce → railways
Egypt's deadliest train crash was in 2002, when more than 300 people were killed after a fire broke out on an overnight train journeying from Cairo to southern Egypt.
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fire → kill → Egypt
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