Claims extracted
24
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
12%
3 of 24 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
not political
takes no side on a contested political question
Publisher signals
68/100
ABC News (AU)'s corrections and
hedging, across everything collected from it. Not a measure of accuracy.
Outlets on this story
16
Crime & Law
Same framing elsewhere
1
articles that frame the event the way this one does
In short:
The driver who slammed into an LA bus before a news helicopter crash is set to face murder charges.
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who → slam → charges
Bailee Lynn Rios was under the influence of drugs when she swerved into the wrong lane and ran a red light on Tuesday, prosecutors said.
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prosecutors → swerve → Tuesday
Rios was being held on $US4.1 million ($5.7 million) bail and is scheduled to appear in court later today.
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Rios → hold → court
The driver who slammed her car into an LA bus, killing two people hours before a news helicopter crash, is set to face murder charges.
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who → slam → charges
Bailee Lynn Rios, 36, was under the influence of drugs when she swerved into the wrong lane and ran a red light on Tuesday, prosecutors said.
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prosecutors → swerve → Tuesday
It was a tragedy compounded by the fatal crash of a TV news helicopter that was covering the collision.
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that → compound → collision
The helicopter, which was used by NBC and Telemundo, crashed about two hours after Ms Rios crashed.
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Rios → use → NBC
The woman faces two charges of second-degree murder over the deaths of bus passengers Daniel Castillo, 46, and Gage Weida, 31.
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woman → face → passengers
"There are no words that can truly capture how much we will miss him or the space he leaves behind in our lives," Mr Castillo's youngest daughter, Johaunna, wrote online.
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daughter → be → lives
Ms Rios was being held on $US4.1 million ($5.7 million) bail and is scheduled to appear in court today.
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Rios → hold → court
The mother of the accused said she was shocked and saddened by the string of events.
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she → accuse → events
Cindy Rios said she had not spoken to her daughter since her arrest and had not been contacted by law enforcement.
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she → say → enforcement
The final moments of the helicopter crash
The news helicopter crash killed both people on board, pilot George Marciniw and reporter Eliana Moreno, and a 29-year-old man on the ground, Edy Gutierrez Mejia.
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crash → kill → ground
At least four cars and two storage containers burned after the helicopter caught fire.
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helicopter → burn → fire
There were no immediate details on what caused the helicopter to go down, but investigators said significant clues could come from the last seconds of video the crew broadcast.
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crew → be → video
In it, an alarm could be heard inside the helicopter's cockpit as it lost altitude.
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it → hear → altitude
National Transportation Safety Board investigator Fabian Salazar said the video was "probably the most important evidence that we have discovered so far."
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we → say → that
Just after the beeping starts, a woman's voice says, "uh oh."
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voice → start → ?
The helicopter moves quickly away from the bus crash site and starts losing altitude.
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helicopter → move → altitude
The woman says "You can't pull up?" before the video stops as the chopper nears the ground.
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chopper → say → ground
Investigations ongoing into helicopter and bus crash
Aviation safety expert Jeff Guzzetti said the alarm suggests a potential loss of engine power and a dangerous decrease in the main rotor speed.
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alarm → say → speed
He said the pilot appeared to be trying to perform an emergency manoeuvre to use the wind to force the rotor to spin again.
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pilot → say → rotor
The NTSB is also investigating the bus collision.
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NTSB → investigate → collision
A vigil was planned for Thursday evening to honour the victims of both crashes.
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vigil → plan → crashes
The Aporia
