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Post by Admin on Nov 23, 2023 0:40:19 GMT
A vehicle speeding toward a U.S.-Canada bridge from the American side crashed and exploded at a checkpoint in Niagara Falls on Wednesday, killing two people and prompting the closing of border crossings in the area, authorities said. New York Gov. Kathy Hochul said there was “no indication of a terrorist attack.”
The two deceased people were in the vehicle, a law enforcement official told The Associated Press. The official was not authorized to discuss details of the investigation publicly and spoke on condition of anonymity.
Aaron Ferguson, a spokesperson for the city of Niagara Falls, New York, said the vehicle was traveling at high speed from that city and crashed into the border station.
Jim Diodati, the mayor of Niagara Falls, Ontario, told The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation that what happened appeared to be “an isolated incident.”
The U.S. FBI’s field office in Buffalo and other agencies were investigating the blast.
Photos and video taken by bystanders and posted on social media showed thick smoke, flames on the pavement and a security booth that had been singed. Videos showed that the fire was in a U.S. Customs and Border Protection area just east of the main vehicle checkpoint. The agency had no immediate comment.
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Post by Admin on Nov 23, 2023 19:43:02 GMT
The FBI is turning Wednesday's car crash and explosion that occurred at the U.S.-Canada border to the Niagara Falls Police Department as a traffic investigation.
FBI rules out terrorism in deadly Rainbow Bridge car crash
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