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FBI completes Rainbow Bridge car explosion, says it was traffic accident
TASS Russia ^ | 11/22/2023 | TASS

Posted on 11/22/2023 9:03:53 PM PST by Nextrush

The matter has been turned over to the Niagara Falls Police Department as a traffic investigation

NEW YORK, November 23./TASS/. The US Federal Bureau of Investigation said it has completed the probe into the car blast at the Rainbow Bridge connecting the United States and Canada at Niagara Falls and referred the case to the local police as a traffic accident...

The accident occurred on Wednesday when a car rammed the checkpoint on the US side of the Rainbow Bridge. According to witnesses, the car was running at a speed of more than 160 km/h. As a result, the car caught fire. There were two people inside, both died. A border officer who happened to be nearby suffered minor injuries. According to local media, it was a stolen car...

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; Government; US: New York
KEYWORDS: carexplosion; iamthenewelrushbo; niagarafalls; rainbowbridge; russiannews; seemyintelreport
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To: Nextrush

Hell on Rainbow Bridge.


21 posted on 11/22/2023 9:45:48 PM PST by Berlin_Freeper
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To: Allegra

I could have put that on my post as well.


22 posted on 11/22/2023 9:46:06 PM PST by Nextrush (FREEDOM IS EVERYBODY'S BUSINESS-REMEMBER REV. NIEMOLLER)
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To: ridesthemiles
SOOOOOOOOOOO-—WHAT caused the massive explosion????

High speed and full fuel tanks tend to burn a lot. The video I saw of the fire (no explosion seen in the video, but that is not to say there wasn't one) showed a fire that looked like a ruptured fuel tank and a fuel fire engulfing the vehicle. Reminded me of early NASCAR wrecks/fires before a lot of the safety improvements.

23 posted on 11/22/2023 9:46:16 PM PST by IYAS9YAS (There are two kinds of people: Those who can extrapolate from incomplete data.)
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To: Sacajaweau
Not a stolen car. Wealthy businessman and his wife were headed to a Kiss concert in Canada when something malfunctioned. Based on what Daily Mail has posted, I could believe it was a "fly-by-wire" car, and the throttle went full open by itself. Guy apparently swerved to miss at least one other car but hit a concrete barrier and went airborne.

If it was a factory machine, there'd be a big, red, OSHA-mandated Emergency Stop button on the dash, but there's no rule that computerized cars have to have one. My friend's Mercedes doesn't have a key you can turn.

24 posted on 11/22/2023 9:48:43 PM PST by Chad C. Mulligan
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To: Nextrush

Too late! The story broke this morning, een with a secod car with a kaboom switch box.


25 posted on 11/22/2023 9:49:22 PM PST by Terry L Smith
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To: Nextrush

for some reason i’m reminded that Epstein didn’t kill himself, either.


26 posted on 11/22/2023 9:50:29 PM PST by dadfly ( )
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To: Nextrush

Babylon Bee strikes again.


27 posted on 11/22/2023 9:53:21 PM PST by Jonty30 (It turns out that I did not buy my cell phone for all the calls I might be missing at home.)
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To: Chad C. Mulligan

The fact that he swerved around a car in front of him...says he had control...but the acceleration was “stuck”.???..don’t know the mechanics/controls for the car.


28 posted on 11/22/2023 9:54:18 PM PST by Sacajaweau ( )
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To: Nextrush

Really...they could release the name of the parties killed. Are we going to recognize their names?


29 posted on 11/22/2023 9:55:25 PM PST by Sacajaweau ( )
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The car was stolen?

Earlier this year someone was arrested driving a stolen car in the same place. The driver supposedly made a wrong turn onto the bridge.


30 posted on 11/22/2023 10:01:31 PM PST by smokingfrog ( sleep with one eye open (<o> --- )
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To: Nextrush
I just heard a report posted to youtube by Fox News, that the driver was a 56 year old man driving a Bentley, with his wife beside him. They had planned on seeing KISS in Toronto, but the concert was cancelled. Instead, they were heading to a casino in ON.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQkosrM93lU&t=4s&pp=ygUZUmFpbmJvdyBCcmlkZ2UgIGNyYXNoOkZCSQ%3D%3D

The FIB has not revealed the names of the dead, nor how the driver did an 'Evel Knievel', jumping hundreds of feet and then exploding upon crashing. They've left that to the NFPD to figure out.

31 posted on 11/22/2023 10:06:15 PM PST by A Formerly Proud Canadian ( Ceterum autem censeo Justinius True-dope-us esse delendam)
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To: Nextrush

We believe the Feebers, right?

Not.


32 posted on 11/22/2023 10:07:38 PM PST by Darksheare (Those who support liberal "Republicans" summarily support every action by same. )
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To: Nextrush

Yeah right. Sure thing


33 posted on 11/22/2023 10:22:07 PM PST by Nifster ( I see puppy dogs in the clouds )
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To: Nextrush
According to local media, it was a stolen car...

Ahhhh. The plot thickens. The perps will not be discussed and this will immediately disappear from the media.

34 posted on 11/22/2023 10:22:46 PM PST by PGR88
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To: piasa
"Local police say the cause of the crash has not been determined."

Hopefully they won't be pressured, and will release the true facts. It's interesting how the FBI swooped right in for what they describe as a car accident. I'm sure it's not the first one at that border crossing, or on that bridge. How many other fatal and fiery car crashes are caused by high speed, and the FBI isn't anywhere around? Did the FBI investigate when actor Paul Walker and his friend were killed in a high speed crash that caused the car to catch fire? What about Anne Heche's fiery crash that took her life?

35 posted on 11/22/2023 10:28:09 PM PST by mass55th (“Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway.” ― John Wayne)
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To: IYAS9YAS

The Bentley they were driving does come in a hybrid version. Could that explain the furiously of the explosion?


36 posted on 11/22/2023 10:38:16 PM PST by CaptainK ("If life's really hard, at least its short")
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To: IYAS9YAS
The Bentley they were driving does come in a hybrid version. Could that explain the ferocity of the explosion?
37 posted on 11/22/2023 10:40:12 PM PST by CaptainK ("If life's really hard, at least its short")
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To: Nextrush

As an American, I’ve learned to trust our state media about as much as the poor Soviet citizens trusted their state media.


38 posted on 11/22/2023 10:46:12 PM PST by wildcard_redneck (With the Federal DOJ illegally hounding President Trump he has become the 1st true black president)
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To: Nextrush

A legend is born


39 posted on 11/22/2023 10:52:32 PM PST by combat_boots ( )
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To: Chad C. Mulligan

True that on the factory floor. I worked with automation and CNC equipment my whole life. An E stop on the control panel, on the tool changer, by the electrical panels, and at the operator station. On a transfer line one every six feet so wherever you stood near the line you cut hit the estop in case someone unscrewed the safety cages and crawled onto the machine. I have the keyless system on my Ford explorer, and the media off button and the car off button use the same color scheme and basic shape. I turn the radio off a lot when meaning to shut off the engine. OSHA would be all over that.


40 posted on 11/22/2023 10:52:42 PM PST by Waverunner
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