medium disasterVERIFIED📡 SPREADING
Teenage boy seriously injured after falling from Sydney Harbour Bridge train
Verified: 5 outlets in 3 countries have reported this story since Nov 12, 1 of them from Australia.
📍 Sydney, AU·🕐 47m ago·5 outlets
How sure are we
✓ Verified · 5 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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View original source →The story so far · 5 reports · · 3 countries✓ Verified Nov 12, 2:31 AM UTC
1 outlet from Australia, where the story is: ABC (Australia) · how we count
- Nov 12, 2:20 AM UTCFirst reportTeen Injured in Fall From Train on Sydney Harbour Bridgemiragenews.com ↗
- Nov 12, 2:31 AM UTC+11 minBreaking: Teen injured in train fall on Sydney Harbour Bridgeabc.net.au ↗
- Severity rose to medium
- Verified: a second independent outlet reported itNov 12, 2:31 AM UTC · +11 min
- Nov 12, 2:36 AM UTC+16 minHarbour Bridge emergency after boy ‘falls from train’ with helicopter on scenemirror.co.uk ↗
- Nov 12, 3:04 AM UTC+44 minTeen falls from train on Harbour Bridgeperthnow.com.au ↗
- Nov 12, 3:05 AM UTC+45 min· you’re reading thisTeenage boy seriously injured after falling from Sydney Harbour Bridge trainenglish.news.cn ↗
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Verification Log1
cross checkconfirmed90%
[Claude] All three other reports describe the same teenager's fall from a train on the Sydney Harbour Bridge, with no conflicting facts, though Report 4 adds a helicopter on scene.
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Reliability
Reliability ScoreVery high
94%Independent outlets5
Statusverified
AI checknone yet
Community flags0
Score bands
Very high80–100%
A highly rated outlet, or several independent outletsHigh60–79%
One well-rated outlet so farModerate40–59%
A lower-rated or state-run outlet, or one report of something seriousLow20–39%
A low-rated outlet on a serious or sensitive storyVery low0–19%
Treat it as unconfirmedWhat moves the score
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Outlet ratingThe outlet’s rating in WorldPulse’s list of sources starts the score
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Independent outletsEach further outlet that reports the story closes 40% of the gap to 98%
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Report detailsA few points either way: a summary and a place add a little; state-run outlets on conflict, politics or security, and single reports marked high or critical, lose some
Not in the score: AI checks and reader flags. Verified is separate: two or more independent outlets and a score of at least 65%.
Very high · How we score this
Risk Score
medium risk