BostonGlobe.com34%
One dead, multiple injured in fiery crash on Interstate 495 in Andover 7%
By Bryan Hecht44%
7/16/2026, 12:29:18 PM
BS Summary: This article contains 8 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect, Appeal to Emotion, and Unattributed Quote, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 40.1% saturation with 63 hits. Analysis detected 192 faulty-reasoning hits from 157 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 22.9% and a BS Rank of 7% (15,508 of 16,550 articles). This article is better (less manipulative) than 93.70% of the article peer group.
A 25-year-old woman was killed and four others, including multiple children, were injured in a fiery multi-car crash on Interstate 495 north in Andover Wednesday, authorities said.
At approximately 11:30 p.m., State Police responded to a report of a car on fire off the highway near Route 93.
The car, a 2013 Chrysler Town and Country, was carrying two adults and three children, police said.
A 25-year-old woman from Lawrence was pronounced dead at the scene, police said.
The driver was taken to a Boston hospital with serious injuries.
The three children were also taken to the hospital; the severity of their injuries was not available.
Police learned that a 2009 Honda Civic was also involved in the crash.
The driver didn’t appear to be injured, police said.
The crash remains under investigation.
Bryan Hecht can be reached at bryan.hecht@globe.com.
Follow him on Instagram @bhechtjournalism.
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Framing Effect
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Status Quo Bias
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Sunk Cost Effect
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Optimism Bias
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Negativity Bias
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Self-Serving Bias
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Fundamental Attribution Error
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Appeal to Authority
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Bandwagon
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Appeal to Emotion
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Attempt to Sell a Product or Service
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157 words analyzed.
Analysis
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