Three dead, 19 injured after two Calgary buses collide and burn
Three people died and 19 were injured when two city buses collided and caught fire in Calgary on Thursday. How the collision happened has not been released.
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Mixed · 2Three people are dead and multiple people are injured after a fire involving two transit buses in Calgary, Canada, police said. ABC NewsLC “Three people are dead and multiple people are injured following a fire involving two transit buses in the Canadian city of Calgary, police said.” Read at ABC News ↗ BNO NewsN “Three people died and 19 others were injured after two buses collided and caught fire in Calgary, Canada, according to emergency officials.” Read at BNO News ↗ Left · 1Transit officials said the two buses crashed. ABC NewsLC “Transit officials say the two buses crashed.” Read at ABC News ↗ Centre · 1Emergency crews responded at about 1:10 p.m. Thursday to the 800 block of Saddletowne Circle Northeast, in the Saddle Ridge neighbourhood, and police identified one vehicle as a City of Calgary bus. BNO NewsN “Emergency crews responded at approximately 1:10 p.m. Thursday to the 800 block of Saddletowne Circle Northeast, in the city’s Saddle Ridge neighborhood.” Read at BNO News ↗
Centre · 1An EMS official said three people were pronounced dead at the scene and 19 were injured. Ten patients went to hospital by ambulance, one with life-threatening injuries and nine with non-life-threatening injuries. BNO NewsN “An EMS official said three people were pronounced dead at the scene and 19 others were injured. Ten patients were transported by ambulance to various hospitals, one with life-threatening injuries and nine with non-life-threatening injuries.” Read at BNO News ↗ Centre · 1Five more patients with non-life-threatening injuries were assessed at the scene and taken to hospital by city bus, and a police officer with minor injuries was also taken to hospital. BNO NewsN “Five patients with non-life-threatening injuries were assessed at the scene and taken to hospitals by city bus for further evaluation. A police officer also suffered minor injuries and was transported to a hospital.” Read at BNO News ↗ Centre · 1Calgary's fire chief said firefighters realised soon after leaving their station that a fire was involved, and crews worked to free a bus driver with very serious injuries. The chief said the larger fire was inside what they described as a "natural liquid gas bus", with a smaller fire on the other bus, and the flames were brought under control quickly. BNO NewsN “Crews began extinguishing the flames, requested additional resources and worked to free a bus driver who suffered very serious injuries, Calgary’s fire chief said.”“The fire chief said the more extensive fire was inside what he described as a “natural liquid gas bus,” while a smaller fire affected the other bus.” Read at BNO News ↗
Centre · 1Hazardous materials crews attended because one of the buses was powered by natural gas. BNO NewsN “Hazardous materials crews responded because one of the buses involved in the collision was powered by natural gas.” Read at BNO News ↗ Mixed · 2Photos and video on social media showed flames engulfing the roof of one bus and the front of the other. Authorities have not released details of how the collision occurred. ABC NewsLC “Photos and video circulating on social media showed flames engulfing the roof of one bus and the front of a second bus.” Read at ABC News ↗ BNO NewsN “Authorities have not released details about how the collision occurred.” Read at BNO News ↗
Every sentence links to the reporting it rests on. The pill in front of each says where its sources sit: Left, Centre or Right when one side supplies at least half of them, Mixed when they are evenly split. The number is how many outlets it cites.
Left1 outlet
- Framing
- Brief AP wire copy carried by ABC News, headlined as a bus crash, citing police and transit officials.
- Emphasis
- Deaths, unspecified injuries and social media images of flames.
- Leaves out or plays down
- No injury count, location, time or cause detail.
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“Transit officials say the two buses crashed.” — ABC News
Centre1 outlet
- Framing
- Detailed breaking report framing the event as a collision and fire, built on emergency officials' statements.
- Emphasis
- Casualty breakdown, location, the response, and the natural gas bus.
- Leaves out or plays down
- Cause of the collision is not known, and the report says so.
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“Authorities have not released details about how the collision occurred.” — BNO News
Right0 outlets
No right outlet in our sources has covered this story yet.
What every side reports
- Three people died in a fire involving two Calgary transit buses.
- Multiple people were injured.
- The two buses crashed or collided.
Where accounts differ
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Number of injured
- Left
- Says only that multiple people were injured.
- Centre
- Reports 19 injured, one with life-threatening injuries.
Left1 article
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ABC NewsLC · · via AP
Bus crash in Canada leaves 3 dead and multiple people injured, police say
Neutral Short AP wire report on deaths and injuries, citing police and transit officials.
Centre1 article
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3 dead, 19 injured in Calgary bus collision and fire
Neutral Factual, detailed account of casualties, response and the natural gas bus.
Right0 articles
No coverage yet.
- 16 Oct 00:05 First ABC NewsLC Bus crash in Canada leaves 3 dead and multiple people injured, police say via AP
- 16 Oct 00:36 +31m BNO NewsN 3 dead, 19 injured in Calgary bus collision and fire
Times are when each article was published, or when we first saw it if the outlet gave no time.
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