Claims extracted
18
sentences that state something as happening or true
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0%
0 of 18 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
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The wife of a powerboat racer told how she watched in horror as he veered off course and smashed into a houseboat at 'high-speed' while she filmed him at a race meeting.
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she → tell → meeting
Tech boss Brett Duncan, 51, died from head injuries after his boat failed to turn around a buoy and crashed into the steel-framed vessel which was moored nearby.
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which → die → vessel
His wife Rhianon Phillips-Duncan said the trauma of being present at the accident at Oulton Broad near Lowestoft, Suffolk, on July 24 last year will be 'ever-lasting'.
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trauma → say → year
In a statement read to Suffolk Coroner's Court, she said it was a surprise to learn her husband had not been wearing a cord around his wrist attached to a kill switch on the powerboat, which he had borrowed from his friend Peter Rix.
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he → read → friend
She told the inquest: 'I told him to be careful as I always did, and he gave me one last look as he headed to the boat.
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he → tell → boat
'When Brett went on the boat, I filmed it from the clubhouse knowing he would like to see it.
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he → go → it
I saw the boat veer off course and stop abruptly at the houseboat.
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boat → see → houseboat
Not knowing exactly what caused the accident has been difficult.
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what → know → accident
Timothy Durrell, an environmental health officer for East Suffolk Council, said Mr Duncan had previously raced Mr Rix's 3.9 metre hydroplane a month earlier and that it had been fitted with a new steering damper before the fatal collision.
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it → say → collision
Brett Duncan died from head injuries after crashing into houseboat
The tech boss's boat failed to turn around a buoy and crashed into the steel-framed vessel which was moored nearby
The 51-year-old crashed into a houseboat at 'high-speed' while his wife filmed him at a race meeting
Video taken of Mr Duncan – an elite 100mph-plus racer – on his practice laps on the day of the accident showed him with his helmet visor open as he had been 'struggling with it fogging up', said Mr Durrell.
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Durrell → die → him
He had rounded the buoy on the outside of another vessel but failed to make the turn and hit the corner of the houseboat.
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He → round → houseboat
Mr Durrell added that the houseboat had been 74 metres from the turning, in line with a rule that structures should be at least 50 metres away.
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structures → add → rule
He said there was no evidence of an engine malfunction and the steering damper had not been removed before the crash.
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damper → say → crash
The owner of the houseboat, retired nurse Jackie Beech, described seeing Mr Duncan's hydroplane 'heading at high speed towards her'.
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hydroplane → describe → her
She said: 'He was clearly looking left at the other boat.
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He → say → boat
Just before the impact, he turned and looked at the houseboat.
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he → turn → houseboat
I saw a look of horror on his face.'
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I → see → face
The Ipswich inquest continues.
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inquest → continue → ?
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