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School bus carrying Salem High School football team overturns in Georgia

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Daily Mail, Breitbart and the New York Post report that a school bus carrying the Salem High School football team overturned late on Friday night on State Route 138 near Interstate 20 in Rockdale County, Georgia, east of Atlanta. Citing the Rockdale County School District, the outlets say 22 students and three adults were taken to hospitals, one person was airlifted from the scene, and only one student remained hospitalized as of Saturday. The Georgia State Patrol, in preliminary findings cited by the Daily Mail, says the 74-year-old driver lost control while turning from Interstate 20 onto State Route 138. Breitbart reports that no fatalities had been reported as of Saturday.

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A school bus carrying the Salem High School football team overturned on Friday night in Rockdale County, Georgia.
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Daily Mail, New York Post
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The Georgia State Patrol said, in preliminary findings, that the bus’s 74-year-old driver lost control while turning from Interstate 20 onto State Route 138.
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Daily Mail, New York Post
The Rockdale County School District said 22 students and three adults were taken to hospitals.
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New York Post
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One person was airlifted from the scene.
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Daily Mail, New York Post
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Only one student remained hospitalized as of Saturday, the school district said.
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No fatalities had been reported as of Saturday.
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The number of people hurt in the crash.
The first Daily Mail report, citing the Rockdale County School District, says at least 12 people were injured and 27 were involved. Breitbart and the New York Post say 25 were taken to hospitals, and the later Daily Mail report says 22 players were sent to hospital.

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Daily Mail, Breitbart and the New York Post report that a Salem High School football team bus overturned in Georgia on Friday night, sending more than twenty people to hospitals. Most headlines stress the driver’s age and loss of control; Breitbart’s stresses the hospital count.

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Most headlines stress the driver’s age or loss of control; Breitbart’s stresses the hospital count, and the far-right Breitbart headline gives only the crash and hospital count.
Driver, 74, Loaded verb“jumped four lanes”“Jumped” suggests a deliberate leap, while the reported account describes the bus crossing lanes after losing control.More neutral: crossed four lanesDisagree with this highlight? before flipping bus in Georgia crash that sent 22 high school football players to the hospital
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massive emergency responseterrifying crashjumped four lanes

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massive emergency responseMore neutral: emergency response
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…carrying over 20 passengers overturned late on Friday night, prompting a massive emergency response.
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terrifying crashMore neutral: crash
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…bus carrying Georgia high school football team overturns on busy highway in terrifying crash...
Used byDaily Mail (Right)
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jumped four lanesMore neutral: crossed four lanes
“Jumped” suggests a deliberate leap, while the reported account describes the bus crossing lanes after losing control.
Driver, 74, jumped four lanes before flipping bus in Georgia crash that sent 22 high school football players…
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driver’s age
loss of control
number taken to hospitals
hospitals bracing for a mass-casualty event

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New York PostRight
25 hurt when elderly driver of Ga. high school football bus loses control and flips over
A bus carrying Salem High School football team overturned on a I-20 in Georgia on Friday night, sending 25 people to the hospital.
2 hr agoRead at New York Post (opens in a new tab)
Daily MailRight
Driver, 74, Loaded verb“jumped four lanes”“Jumped” suggests a deliberate leap, while the reported account describes the bus crossing lanes after losing control.More neutral: crossed four lanesDisagree with this highlight? before flipping bus in Georgia crash that sent 22 high school football players to the hospital
The Georgia State Patrol told the Daily Mail that the bus made nearly one full rotation before coming to an uncontrolled stop late Friday night.
8 hr agoRead at Daily Mail (opens in a new tab)
1 more from Daily Mail
- School bus carrying Georgia high school football team overturns on busy highway in terrifying crash... as nearby hospitals brace for potential 'mass casualty event'
Breitbart NewsFar Right
School Bus Carrying GA Football Team Overturns; 25 Sent to Area Hospitals
A school bus transporting members of a Georgia high school football team overturned Friday night, sending more than two dozen of its passengers to area hospitals.
8 hr agoRead at Breitbart News (opens in a new tab)

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Daily Mail, Oct 24, 1:58 AM EDT

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Daily MailRightOct 24, 1:58 AM EDT
Breitbart NewsFar RightOct 24, 1:16 PM EDT
New York PostRightOct 24, 7:00 PM EDT

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School bus carrying Salem High School football team overturns in Georgia

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25 hurt when elderly driver of Ga. high school football bus loses control and flips over

School Bus Carrying GA Football Team Overturns; 25 Sent to Area Hospitals

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