{"id":627,"date":"2025-09-29T13:56:43","date_gmt":"2025-09-29T13:56:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/simplyamazingnewstoday.top\/?p=627"},"modified":"2025-09-29T13:56:43","modified_gmt":"2025-09-29T13:56:43","slug":"national-mourning-just-occurred-after-a-massive-accident-that-left-40","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/simplyamazingnewstoday.top\/?p=627","title":{"rendered":"National mourning just occurred after a massive accident that left 40"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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The images are of two events that occurred in different places and on different dates and reflect a pattern of misinformation and clickbait.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is  false<\/strong>  that two photos depicting what is supposedly the same accident are from the same incident and that this one \u201cjust happened\u201d and left 34 dead, as stated in the text accompanying  a post shared on Facebook . The images are from two different events, are not current, and are from different countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cNational mourning has just occurred, a massive accident [  sic<\/em> ] has left 34 dead\u2026\u201d is all that the text accompanying the photos says. In the top image, you can see what appears to be a yellow bus crushed by a truck, with firefighters working at the scene surrounded by people. In the photo below, several people watch a burning bus that is crossed in the middle of a multi-lane highway.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The first comment leaves a link that, in theory, leads to a video with more details about the accident. But in reality,  it leads to a website  that talks about a supposed weight-loss remedy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Honduras and Venezuela<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

A  reverse image search on Yandex  of the photo of the yellow bus reveals that the crash actually occurred in Honduras in February 2017, more than seven years ago.  Fox News <\/em> covered the incident, which left 15 dead , and the caption of the photo illustrating the story, which is of the same incident but taken from a different angle, provides the name of the person who took it: Fernando Antonio, for the American news agency  AP<\/em> .<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A search of the photo section of that media outlet  found the photograph used in the post  circulating on social media to announce the alleged accident that \u201cjust occurred.\u201d The description reads: \u201cEmergency personnel responded to an accident involving a cargo truck and a bus on the outskirts of Tegucigalpa, Honduras, on Sunday, February 5, 2017.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cThe cargo truck crashed into the bus on the highway outside the Honduran capital on Sunday, killing more than a dozen people, authorities said,\u201d it added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As for the second image, which shows a burning bus, a  reverse image search on Google Lens  returns  several  posts  that place the photo on the outskirts of Caracas, Venezuela\u2019s capital, in mid-December 2023. That\u2019s eight months ago. According to reports,  at least 30 people died .<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While the Facebook post doesn\u2019t specify where the incident occurred, it\u2019s logical that the \u201cmassive accident that left 34\u201d dead would be the same.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As for the link that supposedly leads to the video showing the accident,  it opens a website  that offers a supposed weight-loss remedy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At  elDetector, <\/strong>we  \u2018ve verified posts that  falsely  reported  accidents   and directed readers to click on a link that would take them to the full information, but instead directed them to an unrelated website. This is what\u2019s known as  clickbait<\/em>  , and its purpose is to attract visitors to a website through eye-catching text. These visits can be converted into revenue.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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