Claims extracted
19
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
5%
1 of 19 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
not political
takes no side on a contested political question
Publisher signals
66/100
New York Post's corrections and
hedging, across everything collected from it. Not a measure of accuracy.
Outlets on this story
5
Crime & Law
Same framing elsewhere
1
articles that frame the event the way this one does
The final seconds of car influencer James Wehr and his passenger’s lives were captured on video as his purple McLaren slammed into a tree and erupted into a massive fireball.
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McLaren → capture → fireball
The footage, obtained by TMZ, was recorded from another vehicle’s dashcam, and shows Wehr’s McLaren accelerate rapidly before hitting what appears to be a wet section of pavement.
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what → obtain → pavement
The McLaren’s break lights activate as the vehicle swerves right, slamming into a tree with a fiery explosion.
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vehicle → activate → explosion
The crash killed the 27-year-old car influencer and his 22-year-old passenger, Alexis “Lexi” Kramer.
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crash → kill → influencer
“We believe that speed was a factor in this,” Ziggy Azarcon, a public information officer with the Irvine Police Department, told The California Post.
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Azarcon → believe → Post
Cops also believe Wehr was driving the vehicle at the time of the crash, a law enforcement source told The Post.
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source → believe → Post
The crash happened shortly after midnight Sunday near Culver Drive and Deerfield Avenue in Irvine.
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crash → happen → Irvine
Orange County firefighters were called to the scene to battle the blaze, and police found the bodies after the smoke cleared.
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smoke → call → bodies
Footage taken of first responders on the scene showed the McLaren still engulfed in flames and debris scattered across the road.
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McLaren → take → road
Wehr was the founder of San Clemente’s South OC Cars and Coffee and had attended one of his regular car shows earlier that day.
Just an hour before the fatal crash, he posted a photo on Instagram appearing to show a police cruiser pulling him over in Newport Beach.
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cruiser → attend → Beach
Kramer had flown out from Lakeland, Florida Friday to meet Wehr, who said he was in the process of separating from his wife Emma Wehr, Kramer’s family member told The Post.
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member → fly → Post
The pair spent the weekend together in which they went on a first date, had breakfast and drinks together, and attended Wehr’s world-famous car show before the fatal crash.
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they → spend → crash
Kramer met Wehr over Instagram and they had been talking for about one month before they first met, the family member said.
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member → meet → month
Wehr allegedly told Lexi his marriage to Emma was over and their divorce was underway.
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divorce → tell → Emma
Orange County court records reviewed by The Post did not indicate a divorce case had been filed.
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case → review → Post
“[He] talked to her every day all the time and finally got her to fly out to California to come see him,” the family member said, adding Lexi had a passion for “American muscle cars and motorcycles.”
“She loved the car community, so it’s such a tragedy that that’s what ended her,” the family member told The Post.
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member → talk → Post
“As you can imagine, this was very shocking and hard.
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this → imagine → ?
She was kind and funny and charismatic and I’ve had so many people reach out and share their wonderful experiences with Lexi.”
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people → have → Lexi
The Irvine Police Department’s investigation into the crash remains ongoing.
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investigation → remain → crash
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