Published November 24, 2023
The Federal Bureau of Investigation said Wednesday night that the agency found no indications of terrorist activity in the vehicle explosion at the Rainbow Bridge U.S.- Canada border crossing.
“FBI Buffalo has concluded our investigation at the scene of the Rainbow Bridge incident. A search of the scene revealed no explosive materials and no terrorism nexus was identified,” the agency said in a Wednesday news statement shared on social media.
The agency said it referred the incident to the Niagara Falls Police Department as a “traffic investigation.”
The explosion occurred around 11:30 a.m. Wednesday, killing the two people in the car, officials said, according to MSNBC News.
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SOURCE: www.westernjournal.com
RELATED: Rainbow Bridge explosion: What to know about the US-Canada border blast
Two people inside a speeding car were killed in the explosion that took place on the US side of the Rainbow Bridge that goes across the Niagara River.
Published November 23, 2023
A speeding car crashed in flames on the bridge linking New York state in the US and Canada’s Ontario province at Niagara Falls on Wednesday, sparking a security scare that closed four US-Canadian border crossings.
Here is what to know:
What happened in the US and when?
- On Wednesday, the United States and Canada went on high alert after a car exploded on the American side of a Niagara Falls bridge.
- The crash took place a day before Thanksgiving at around 11:30am (16:30 GMT), according to local reports.
- The driver and only passenger died in the crash, while a US Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) officer suffered minor injuries. He was treated at a hospital and released, an agency official said later.
- Authorities did not identify the two people killed. However, CNN reported the driver was a 56-year-old man who was travelling in a Bentley automobile with his wife to attend a concert in Canada by the rock group KISS, but after it was cancelled, they went to a casino in the US instead.
- The crash occurred after the couple left the casino, sources said.
- Footage released by the CBP appeared to show a vehicle speeding, then hitting an object and flying into the air before crashing to the ground and exploding in flames.
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SOURCE: www.aljazeera.com
RELATED: No indication of terror threat on US-Canada bridge, NY governor says
Published November 23, 2023
- There is no indication that the explosion at Rainbow Bridge between the US and Canada was a terrorist attack, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul said Wednesday. Two people died in the blast, she said.
- Investigators believe a man was traveling with his wife in a 2022 Bentley at a high rate of speed when the vehicle hit a curb, then a guardrail that sent the vehicle airborne, law enforcement sources tell CNN.
- The explosion on the eve of the US Thanksgiving holiday led to closures and delays on a busy travel day.
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SOURCE: www.amp.cnn.com
