Claims extracted
14
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
21%
3 of 14 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
not political
takes no side on a contested political question
Publisher signals
64/100
Daily Mail's corrections and
hedging, across everything collected from it. Not a measure of accuracy.
Outlets on this story
1
Crime & Law
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1
articles that frame the event the way this one does
A Louisiana State University student and her firefighter fiancé, both 21, were killed early Sunday after an allegedly impaired driver plowed into them as they walked along a road, police said.
uncertain
police → kill → road
Leah Victoria Fonte, a senior at LSU, and Shane David Hirstius, a firefighter with the Third District Volunteer Fire Department in Jefferson Parish, were struck around 2.40am on October 18.
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Fonte → strike → October
The couple had been celebrating a friend’s birthday before the deadly crash, according to a social media post from the fire department.
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couple → celebrate → department
Baton Rouge Police arrested 20-year-old Mia Camille Dawson in connection with the crash, which occurred in the 5000 block of Nicholson Drive near Lee Drive.
asserted
which → arrest → Drive
Investigators said Dawson was driving a 2016 Nissan Rogue southbound on Nicholson Drive when she veered off the roadway and struck the couple as they walked along the right shoulder.
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they → say → shoulder
Dawson allegedly fled the scene before officers located her in the 1900 block of Nicholson Drive shortly after the collision.
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officers → flee → collision
Leah Victoria Fonte was killed alongside her firefighter fiance while walking along a road in Louisiana, with police accusing the 20-year-old woman who slammed into them of possible DUI driving
Leah Victoria Fonte, a senior at Louisiana State University, and Shane David Hirstius, a firefighter with the Third District Volunteer Fire Department had been celebrating a friend’s birthday before the deadly crash
The couple had been celebrating a friend’s birthday before the deadly crash.
Fonte, a biological sciences student from Metairie, was pronounced dead at the scene, while Hirstius was rushed to a nearby hospital, where he later succumbed to his injuries.
Fonte was a senior at LSU, where she studied biological sciences, while her fiancé served as a volunteer firefighter in Jefferson Parish.
In a statement, LSU chancellor Jim Dalton announced: ‘The LSU family is grieving today after learning of this tragic accident involving our student Leah Fonte.’
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family → kill → student
‘Resources across campus, including counselors with LSU Cares, are already available to our entire community.
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Resources → include → community
We collectively join in supporting the Fonte family and Leah’s friends as they navigate this most difficult time.’
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they → join → time
Baton Rouge Police arrested 20-year-old Mia Camille Dawson in connection with the crash.
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Police → arrest → crash
The Third District Volunteer Fire Department also honored the couple in a post to Facebook:
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Department → honor → Facebook
‘Shane and Leah will forever be remembered for their beautiful smiles, their kind hearts, their love for others, and the happiness they brought into this world.
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they → remember → world
Their memories will forever remain a part of our hearts and our fire service family.’
Dawson was booked into East Baton Rouge Parish Prison on charges of operating while impaired, reckless operation of a vehicle, hit-and-run driving, vehicular homicide and vehicular negligent injuring.
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Dawson → remain → vehicle
The circumstances surrounding the crash remain under investigation.
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circumstances → surround → investigation
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