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Legendary rapper involved in crash with garbage truck on Los Angeles freeway

KABC / ABC7 Los Angeles and KTLA5 (Nexstar, Los Angeles) describe the same event in different terms.

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What happened Legendary rapper involved in crash with garbage truck on Los Angeles freeway.
The headline split KTLA5 (Nexstar, Los Angeles) frames it as "Legendary rapper involved in crash with garbage truck on Los Angeles freeway". KABC / ABC7 Los Angeles frames it as "Run-DMC rapper Darryl Mc Daniels involved in crash with garbage truck on 105 Freeway near...".
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KTLA5 (Nexstar, Los Angeles)News report · Oct 30, 10:47 PM

Legendary rapper involved in crash with garbage truck on Los Angeles freeway

Rapper DMC of the iconic hip-hop group Run-DMC was involved in a crash with a garbage truck in South Los Angeles on Friday. It happened just after 11:30 a.m. on the 105 Freeway, according t...

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KABC / ABC7 Los AngelesNews report · Oct 30, 11:28 PM

Run-DMC rapper Darryl Mc Daniels involved in crash with garbage truck on 105 Freeway near Harbor Gateway

One of the founding members of Run-DMC was involved in a Los Angeles car accident with a garbage truck on Friday, video shows.

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Oct 30, 10:47 PM: KTLA5 (Nexstar, Los Angeles) joined the source map.

Oct 30, 11:28 PM: KABC / ABC7 Los Angeles joined the source map.

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