Bus, container truck collide head-on in India, killing 23
Verified: 16 outlets in 11 countries have reported this story since Nov 12, 4 of them from India. At least 24 killed, according to 5 outlets.
NEW DELHI: A head-on collision between a container truck and a passenger bus killed at least 23 people, including three children, in eastern India on Friday, a police official told AFP.
How sure are we
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.
Who reported it
From the headlines of its reports in its last 2 days, each with the outlets that report it.
- Killed · 5 figures, newest first
- at least 262 outlets: bignewsnetwork.com, dunyanews.tv· latest Nov 14, 8:32 AM UTC26 killed, 20 injured in minibus-truck collision in India's Assam ↗
- at least 245 outlets: abcnews.com, aljazeera.com +3· latest Nov 14, 1:06 AM UTCAt least 24 killed after bus collides with truck in north-east India ↗
- 235 outlets: dhakatribune.com, gulfnews.com +3· latest Nov 14, 1:01 AM UTCBus, container truck collide head-on in India, killing 23 ↗
- Injured
- 201 outlet: dunyanews.tv· latest Nov 14, 8:32 AM UTC26 killed, 20 injured in minibus-truck collision in India's Assam ↗
4 outlets from India, where the story is: Deccan Chronicle, The Economic Times, Scroll.in and 1 more · how we count
- Nov 12, 8:43 PM UTCFirst reportThree of Malappuram family killed in Fujairah road crashthehindu.com ↗
- Nov 13, 12:48 PM UTC+16 h12 people die in bus-truck collision in Assam's Kazirangathehindu.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 hIndia road crash between bus, container truck kills 23scmp.com ↗
- Nov 14, 1:01 AM UTC+28 h· you’re reading thisBus, container truck collide head-on in India, killing 23nst.com.my ↗
- Nov 14, 1:06 AM UTC+28 hAt least 24 killed after bus collides with truck in north-east Indianation.com.pk ↗
- Nov 14, 2:13 AM UTC+30 hAt least 26 killed in minibus-truck collision in NE Indiabignewsnetwork.com ↗
- Nov 14, 8:32 AM UTC+36 h26 killed, 20 injured in minibus-truck collision in India's Assamdunyanews.tv ↗
[Claude] All three reports describe the same head-on bus and container truck collision that killed 23 people, and none contradict Report 1's facts, though Report 1 says eastern India while Reports 2 and 4 spec
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