Claims extracted
22
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
27%
6 of 22 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
not political
takes no side on a contested political question
Publisher signals
69/100
Daily Mail's corrections and
hedging, across everything collected from it. Not a measure of accuracy.
Outlets on this story
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Crime & Law
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1
articles that frame the event the way this one does
Two boys have been seriously injured after allegedly being chased by a ute driven by a girl who witnesses said appeared to be underage in Melbourne's east.
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witnesses → injure → east
Stirling Jakubowski and his friend Courtney Nightingale, aged 12 and 13, were riding an e-scooter on Prince Street in Ferntree Gully on Sunday evening when a white ute carrying at least two passengers allegedly began following them.
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ute → rid → them
Footage obtained by 7News showed the vehicle appearing to tail the boys who were riding the e-scooter along the footpath.
asserted
who → obtain → footpath
The video then cut to a paramedic tending to one of the victims, asking 'You all good? Does that feel OK?'
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that → cut → victims
Stirling said the ute's occupants repeatedly sprayed them with silly string and followed them before the boys crashed.
'They sprayed us [with] this silly string and they came back and forth and did it to us like three times,' he told 7News.
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he → say → 7News
'They chased us down that street and they swerved at us.'
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they → chase → us
Stirling's mother, April, said her son was 'sitting up and talking', but Courtney was in a bad way.
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Courtney → say → way
Two boys have been seriously injured after allegedly being chased by a ute driven by a girl who witnesses said appeared to be underage in Melbourne's east
'His friend was in a lot of distress and on the ground not moving,' she said.
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she → injure → ground
Courtney's mother, Ange, said she was warned she would be greeted by a horrific scene when she arrived.
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she → say → scene
'It was quite horrific and the lady who picked me up she was pre-warning me, she's like "there's a lot of blood",' she said.
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she → pick → blood
Witnesses reportedly told police the ute appeared to be driven by an underage girl and that its occupants left the area after the crash.
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occupants → tell → crash
Neighbours said they heard the boys yelling.
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boys → say → ?
Stirling and Courtney both suffered broken bones and open wounds, with Courtney 'really battling', according to his father.
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Courtney → suffer → father
'He's got skin grafts all over him, broken collarbone, broken finger,' Ben said.
'Most likely going to need plastic surgery.'
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Ben → get → surgery
Ben said doctors told him Courtney would not have survived the crash had he not been wearing a helmet.
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he → say → helmet
Stirling Jakubowski and his friend Courtney Nightingale, aged 12 and 13, were riding an e-scooter on Prince Street in Ferntree Gully on Sunday evening when a white ute carrying at least two passengers allegedly began following them
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ute → rid → them
A Victoria Police spokesman told Daily Mail investigations into the incident were ongoing.
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investigations → tell → incident
'Two children, aged 13 and 12 from the Knox area, were hospitalised with non-life-threatening injuries after falling from their e-scooters after being followed by the ute about 7.30pm,' he said.
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he → hospitalise → ute
'The driver of the ute is yet to be identified and spoken to by police.
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driver → identify → police
'
Courtney's parents have since called for those found responsible to face serious consequences for their actions.
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those → call → actions
'Some severe punishment because it's not nice,' Ange said.
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Ange → say → ?
'Come and have a see what pain you've caused me and Ange and my little boy,' Ben said.
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Ben → come → me
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