claim: Fox News Channel host Tucker Carlson succumbed to injuries from an automobile accident.
origin: On 13 May 2017, the Americaâ€™s Last Line of Defense web site published an article positing that Fox News Channel host Tucker Carlson had been critically injured in an automobile accident: < Fox Newsâ€™ bright and shining primetime star, Tucker Carlson, was involved in a hit and run head-on collision on his way home from his live broadcast of â€œTucker Carlson Tonight,â€ which is shot at Fox News in New York City. NYC Police Sargeant Michael Oâ€™Leary told reporters that while he couldnâ€™t confirm the identity of the driver, a well-known news anchor was rammed in what looked like an act of violence and not an accident. EMTâ€™s on the scene were heard on their radios describing the man as Fox News anchor Tucker Carlson after retrieving his wallet. He was transported to Saint Maryâ€™s where he is said to be in critical condition and awaiting surgery. No other information is available from the hospital, which also refuses to release anything until they get the OK from police. > This report was followed up by one claiming that Carlson had succumbed to his injuries, and police had found that the traffic mishap that resulted in Carlsonâ€™s death was no â€œaccidentâ€: < Fox News superstar Tucker Carlson succumbed to his injuries and died overnight after being hit head-on while driving home. The Ford Explorer that crossed the median to slam into him was stolen, reinforced to sustain a head-on collision without killing the driver and left at the scene. After a preliminary investigation, police have ruled out an accident and Carlsonâ€™s cause of death has been ruled a homicide. > None of this was true. Americaâ€™s Last Line of Defense is a clickbait fake news site, one that published the very same sequence of fake news articles (i.e., â€œconservative political figure injured in car crash, incident later discovered to be no accidentâ€) about former Alaska governor Sarah Palin a month earlier. Tucker Carlson remains alive and uninjured.