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23 killed in Assam bus, truck collision

Verified: 8 outlets in 5 countries have reported this story since Nov 12, 3 of them from India. 23 killed, according to 3 outlets.

📍 Assam, IN·🕐 1h ago·8 outlets

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✓ Verified · 8 outlets

Two or more outlets reported this story and its reliability score reached 65%, so WorldPulse marks it verified. That means more than one outlet says so, not that it is proven true.

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This report links 5 of the story's 8 outlets

Gulf News· National ↗ABC News· National ↗The Hindu· National ↗Dhaka Tribune· National ↗South China Morning Post· National ↗

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From the headlines of its reports in its last 2 days, each with the outlets that report it.

Killed · 4 figures, newest first: 233 outlets: dhakatribune.com, gulfnews.com +1· latest Nov 13, 2:58 PM UTC
Road crash involving bus, container truck kills 23 in India ↗; at least 241 outlet: abcnews.com· latest Nov 13, 2:23 PM UTC
Bus and truck collision in India's Assam state kills at least 24 people ↗; 121 outlet: thehindu.com· latest Nov 13, 12:48 PM UTC
12 people die in bus-truck collision in Assam's Kaziranga ↗

The story so far · 6 reports · · 5 countries✓ Verified Nov 13, 1:22 PM UTC

3 outlets from India, where the story is: Deccan Chronicle, The Economic Times, The Hindu · how we count

Nov 12, 8:43 PM UTCFirst report
Three of Malappuram family killed in Fujairah road crash thehindu.com ↗
Nov 13, 12:48 PM UTC+16 h
12 people die in bus-truck collision in Assam's Kaziranga thehindu.com (again) ↗
Severity rose to high
Verified: a second independent outlet reported itNov 13, 1:22 PM UTC · +17 h
Nov 13, 2:13 PM UTC+18 h
India road crash between bus, container truck kills 23 scmp.com ↗
Nov 13, 2:23 PM UTC+18 h
Bus and truck collision in India's Assam state kills at least 24 people abcnews.com ↗
Nov 13, 2:25 PM UTC+18 h· you’re reading this
23 killed in Assam bus, truck collisiongulfnews.com ↗
Nov 13, 2:58 PM UTC+18 h
Road crash involving bus, container truck kills 23 in India dhakatribune.com ↗

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[Claude] The outlets differ: Report 2 gives a death toll of 12 for what Report 1 and Report 3 both put at 23 or more, so it conflicts on the figure, though it describes the same Assam bus-truck collision; Report 3 matches Report

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Reliability

92%

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