Claims extracted
18
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
11%
2 of 18 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
not political
takes no side on a contested political question
Publisher signals
66/100
New York Post's corrections and
hedging, across everything collected from it. Not a measure of accuracy.
Outlets on this story
15
Other
Same framing elsewhere
1
articles that frame the event the way this one does
The unidentified 34-year-old mom had driven more than 200 miles from her home in Garden City, Kan. to the Stryker Sports Complex in Wichita before the Oct. 17 tragedy that killed Cole Adrian, 6, and Nicholas Schafer, 35.
asserted
that → drive → Adrian
She drove her husband’s Chevrolet because of issues with her own car’s tires, arriving after the long drive at around 10:40 a.m., according to a timeline given by authorities.
uncertain
She → drive → authorities
She left to grab lunch around 1:20 p.m. — then parked close to the field for a nap when she returned around an hour later while awaiting one of her kids’ games later in the day.
asserted
she → leave → day
“She parks.
asserted
She → park → ?
She tells her kids she’s tired, which would be consistent with having gotten up that morning and driven that far,” Marc Bennett, the Sedgwick County District Attorney, said.
asserted
Bennett → tell → kids
“[She] takes her seat all the way back and goes to sleep.”
asserted
She → take → sleep
While one of her children warmed up for their game, the mom’s 14-year-old daughter thoughtfully put a sunscreen across the windshield to help her mom sleep in peace.
asserted
mom → warm → peace
The teen told investigators that “she doesn’t like people looking into the truck at her mom sleeping,” Bennett said.
asserted
Bennett → tell → mom
The truck was stationary for 46 minutes — before it suddenly darted onto the field, hitting and killing Adrian and Schafer and injuring 10 others.
asserted
it → dart → others
Investigators believe the mom accidentally hit the accelerator on the car she doesn’t usually drive — and was then unable to see where she was going because of the shade covering her windshield.
asserted
she → believe → windshield
“She remembered reaching for the sunscreen but failed to remove it, before finally forcing the column shift into park, which brought the truck to an abrupt halt,” the DA said.
asserted
DA → remember → halt
The mom then emerged “frantic [and] hysterical,” Bennett said, saying she was crying, “‘I’m sorry.
asserted
I → emerge → ?
I’m sorry.
asserted
I → ’m → ?
What have I done?’”
asserted
I → do → What
Witnesses told authorities that the mom was “sleepy” and “looked like she’d just woken up,” the DA continued.
asserted
DA → tell → authorities
Tests showed “zero evidence that this was in any way impacted by intoxication,” the DA said, stressing there was also nothing to suggest it was anything but a freak accident.
asserted
it → show → accident
I cannot charge this driver with a crime.
asserted
I → charge → crime
The notion that I could establish and prove beyond a reasonable doubt that she did this intentionally, it’s simply not there.”
uncertain
it → establish → this
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