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Assam: 23 killed in bus-truck collision near Kaziranga

Verified: 12 outlets in 8 countries have reported this story since Nov 12, 4 of them from India. At least 24 killed, according to 4 outlets.

📍 Assam, IN·🕐 5h ago·12 outlets

The minibus was allegedly speeding in violation of the restrictions imposed around the national park.

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✓ Verified · 12 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 9 of the story's 12 outlets

Scroll.in· National ↗The Hindu· National ↗Gulf News· National ↗ABC News· National ↗Dhaka Tribune· National ↗South China Morning Post· National ↗Al Jazeera· International ↗BBC· International ↗Japan Today· National ↗

Figures in this story

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

Killed · 4 figures, newest first: at least 244 outlets: abcnews.com, aljazeera.com +2· latest Nov 13, 9:18 PM UTC
Bus and truck collision in India's Assam state kills at least 24 people ↗; 234 outlets: dhakatribune.com, gulfnews.com +2· latest Nov 13, 4:01 PM UTC
Assam: 23 killed in bus-truck collision near Kaziranga ↗; 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 · 10 reports · · 8 countries✓ Verified Nov 13, 1:22 PM UTC

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 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, 4:01 PM UTC+19 h· you’re reading this
Assam: 23 killed in bus-truck collision near Kazirangascroll.in ↗
Nov 13, 4:22 PM UTC+20 h
Truck and bus crash in India’s Assam state kills at least 24 people aljazeera.com ↗
Nov 13, 5:20 PM UTC+21 h
At least 24 killed after bus collides with truck in north-east India bbc.co.uk ↗
Nov 13, 9:18 PM UTC+25 h
Bus and truck collision in India's Assam state kills at least 24 people japantoday.com ↗

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[Claude] The outlets differ: Report 2 gives a death toll of 12 at Rangajan, which conflicts with the 23 in Report 1 for the same crash, while Reports 3 and 4 match Report 1's toll and location.

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Reliability

96%

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