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2 adults dead, 1 child injured after pickup truck hits pedestrians in Columbia
KGO / ABC7 San Francisco reaches for "crashes" where WREG News Channel 3 (Nexstar, Memphis) stays flat.
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As of August 10, 2026 at 1:36 AM, this is how Optics News reads the wording differences in this story.
What happenedTwo adults are dead and one child is injured after a pickup truck hit three people in Columbia on Sunday.
The headline splitWGAL8 (Hearst, Lancaster) frames it as "2 adults dead, 1 child injured after pickup truck hits pedestrians in Columbia". KGO / ABC7 San Francisco frames it as "At least 2 pedestrians injured after truck crashes into SF light pole, authorities say".
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Center2 adults dead, 1 child injured after pickup truck hits pedestrians in Columbia
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Truck drives onto downtown sidewalk, hits two people
MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- Two people were injured Saturday night when someone in a pickup truck drove onto a downtown sidewalk, apparently striking them on purpose. Police responded at 10:30 p.m. t...
