Claims extracted
23
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
4%
1 of 23 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
not political
takes no side on a contested political question
Publisher signals
68/100
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Outlets on this story
6
Sports
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1
articles that frame the event the way this one does
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Former England winger Andros Townsend has described the moment he was run over by a pitch roller in Thailand as "terrifying".
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he → publish → Thailand
The 35‑year‑old former Tottenham, Luton and Crystal Palace forward, now with PT Prachuap in Thai League 1, was warming up for a match in Pattani on Saturday when a member of staff appeared to lose control of a heavy pitch roller.
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member → warm → roller
Townsend's left leg briefly got stuck under the vehicle, but he was unhurt.
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he → stick → vehicle
He came off the bench late on in a 3-0 win.
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He → come → win
Speaking about the incident for the first time on Piers Morgan's Football Uncensored, Townsend said he was lucky to only escape from under the roller with a few "bumps and bruises".
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he → speak → bumps
"Every time I see it, I'm cringing, I'm in disbelief," he said.
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he → see → disbelief
"It's horrible to watch back and to see what could have been, thankfully I was fortunate I did manage to fall onto the floor at the right time, so nothing snapped as the roller went over me."
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roller → watch → me
Townsend, who won 13 caps for England, said that he did think it was strange to see two rollers either side of the pitch during the warm-up.
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it → win → up
"I remember thinking to myself, 'I've never seen that before in my career, what are they doing?'
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they → remember → what
But we got called to warm-up.
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we → call → ?
Didn't think anything of it," he said.
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he → think → it
"The next I saw him was when I was literally underneath him and thankfully no serious damage.
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I → see → him
Townsend, who has had numerous setbacks with injuries during his career, said the roller incident was "definitley not going to stop me from continuing".
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incident → have → me
"They (his team-mates) were very surprised that I continued the warm-up.
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I → continue → up
They were telling me to go to the doctor," he said.
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he → tell → doctor
"It was quite heavy, but I was able to kind of lift [it], force it off me.
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I → lift → me
So when it was completely on me, I was getting crushed a little bit.
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I → crush → me
I was able to get my left arm up and relieve some of the pressure, and then I was able to get my team-mates around me who were able to lift it, and I was able to squeeze out but at that moment where it was crushing my left leg, it was quite terrifying, I must say."
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I → get → leg
Townsend was concerned his ankle and left knee, which have both been operated on, would be damaged in the incident.
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which → concern → incident
He said: "I thought, either my left ankle was going to snap or my left knee is going to snap.
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knee → say → ?
I thought I was done.
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I → think → ?
I was very fortunate that I was able to hobble away and recover within a few minutes."
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I → hobble → minutes
The midfielder made light of the incident on Instagram, referencing one of his recent posts in which he compared a sun-drenched Thai away trip with previous visits to Stoke's Bet365 Stadium.
He wrote: "It turns out Stoke away wasn't so bad after all."
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Stoke → make → Stadium
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