Vehicle plows into Los Angeles crowd, injuring more than 20 people
Vehicle plows into Los Angeles crowd, injuring more than 20 people
A vehicle drove into a crowd in East Hollywood, injuring more than 20 people, according to the Los Angeles Fire Department.
Read the full article on CBS US
Truth Analysis
Analysis Summary:
The article's claim of a vehicle plowing into a crowd in Los Angeles, injuring more than 20 people, is contradicted by the provided sources, which describe similar incidents in different locations and with varying casualty counts. The article itself is brief and lacks detail, making a comprehensive bias assessment difficult, but the language used is relatively neutral.
Detailed Analysis:
- Claim: A vehicle drove into a crowd in East Hollywood, injuring more than 20 people.
- Verification Source #1: Reports a similar incident in Liverpool where a car plowed into a crowd, injuring more than 45 people.
- Verification Source #2: Reports a deadly vehicle attack in Vancouver where a vehicle plowed into a crowd, resulting in fatalities and injuries.
- Verification Source #3: Reports a car plowing into a crowd at a Christmas market in Magdeburg, Germany, injuring multiple people.
- Verification Source #4: Reports a vehicle plowing into a crowd on Bourbon Street in New Orleans, killing 15 and injuring over 30.
- Verification Source #5: Reports a similar incident in Liverpool where a driver plowed into a crowd, injuring 47 people.
- Assessment: Contradicted. While the sources confirm similar incidents, they occur in different locations (Liverpool, Vancouver, Magdeburg, New Orleans) and have different casualty numbers. The claim that this happened in East Hollywood is not supported and implicitly contradicted by the other locations.
Supporting Evidence/Contradictions:
- Source 1: "More than 45 people injured after car plows into crowd of Liverpool ..."
- Source 2: "Murder charges filed in deadly vehicle attack in Vancouver"
- Source 3: "Car plows into Magdeburg, Germany Christmas market; several ..."
- Source 4: "New Orleans: Driver plows into Bourbon Street crowd, killing 15 ..."
- Source 5: "Liverpool FC Victory Parade: Driver Plows Into Crowd, Injuring 47 ..."