US police mentioned on Thursday they had been nonetheless investigating a fiery crash on the bridge linking New York state and Ontario on Wednesday, which sparked a safety scare that closed 4 US-Canadian border crossings.
The Niagara Falls Police Department’s Crash Management Unit has taken over the investigation of the incident, which was decided by US federal companies, together with the FBI, to not have been a terrorist occasion.
“Due to the complexity of the incident, the investigation will take some time to complete,” Niagara Falls Police Department Superintendent John Faso mentioned in a press release. “At this time the identity of those involved is pending positive identification and notification to next of kin.”
Video of the crash caught on safety digicam and posted to X by the US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) company confirmed the automobile touring from the US facet at excessive velocity, then hitting an object and flying into the air earlier than crashing to the bottom and exploding in flames.
The driver and a passenger died. A CBP officer suffered minor accidents, and was handled at a hospital and launched.
CNN reported the motive force was a 56-year-old man touring together with his spouse to attend a live performance by the rock group KISS.
The crash unfolded at a time of heightened safety issues world wide stemming from the battle within the Middle East and on the peak of US vacation journey on the eve of Thanksgiving celebrations.
The Rainbow Bridge and all three different border crossings alongside the Niagara River between western New York and the Canadian province of Ontario—the Peace Bridge, the Lewiston-Queenston Bridge and the Whirlpool Bridge—had been shut for a number of hours as a precaution. The three bridges that weren’t concerned had been reopened early Wednesday night.
The Rainbow Bridge hyperlinks the United States to the Canadian city of Niagara Falls. Town mayor Jim Diodati informed the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation he hoped the crossing would reopen Thursday or Friday. — Reuters
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