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On 7 August 2017, the disreputable web site OurLandOfTheFree.com posted a story falsely reporting that House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi was involved in a serious car accident with a city bus in Los Angeles: We have confirmed with her press office that Pelosi, a Democratic representative from San Francisco, was not involved in a car or bus accident as of 11 August 2017. The fake news item also names a fictional police department (there is no West Los Angeles Police Department — West L.A. is a part of the city of Los Angeles, and it is serviced by the LAPD). For caution's sake, we checked with both LAPD and the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, which contracts with many of the smaller incorporated cities and unincorporated county areas in the region. Neither agency employs a sergeant by the name of Bruce Bahner. The story also falsely claims Pelosi's relatives told cable network MSNBC that she's slipping in and out of consciousness. There is no MSNBC report to this effect, or any other. We can confirm that the claims made in this article are false and promulgated by a dubious site — Pelosi has not been involved in a serious car accident with a city bus.
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