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NY governor Kathy Hochul says no sign of terrorism in car crash, explosion at Rainbow Bridge border crossing
Associated Press via MSN ^ | 11/22/23 | CAROLYN THOMPSON and JENNIFER PELTZ

Posted on 11/22/2023 3:32:44 PM PST by SeekAndFind

NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. (AP) — 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.”

Much remained unclear about the crash, which investigators were working to understand. Hochul said it wasn’t clear whether the driver was intentionally heading for the Rainbow Bridge across the Niagara River when the vehicle hit a median and flew into the air.

“ Based on what we know at this moment,” she said, “there is no sign of terrorist activity in this crash.”

It prompted the closing of four border crossings and raised concerns on both sides of the border. The White House said President Joe Biden was “closely following developments,” and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said officials were “taking this extraordinarily seriously.”

seriously.”

“This is obviously a very serious situation in Niagara Falls,” Trudeau said in Parliament before excusing himself from Question Period in the House of Commons to be briefed further.

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.

(Excerpt) Read more at msn.com ...


TOPICS: Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events; US: New York; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: applyforwelfare; donatefreerepublic; kiss; niagara; rainbowbridge; terrorism
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To: PGR88

Saw a later eye-witness who firmly stated the car was traveling from US to Canada. If you look on Google maps you can see the position of the building with the multiple overhanging roof structure that shows up in some of the footage. Go to street view, back up toward Niagara Falls and then turn back toward the checkpoint and you can see the black gate and a jersey barrier behind it to the left sitting at an angle pointed toward the gate.

From the angle of the footage where the car is airborne, it looks as though that jersey barrier cocked at an angle is what launched him. The initial video of the guy looking out the window shows the fire coming out from under the roof structure to the left (toward the bridge).

But yeah, where the initial reports of a “huge blast” came from when multiple witnesses said there was no explosion just the sound of a crash and seeing the subsequent smoke and fire.


41 posted on 11/22/2023 4:22:38 PM PST by Hatteras
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To: SeekAndFind

Happens every day in Bidenville.


42 posted on 11/22/2023 4:23:03 PM PST by blackdog ((Z28.310) My dog Sam eats purple flowers.)
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To: leaning conservative

LOL

You mean she has to be silent on all matters of government and law.

Then she should copy this man.

On July 10, 1925, at age thirty-one, Meher Baba stopped talking and began observing silence for the last 43 years of his life.


43 posted on 11/22/2023 4:23:49 PM PST by frank ballenger (There's a battle outside and it's raging.It'll soon shake your windows and rattle your walls.)
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To: ridesthemiles

Having crossed the border many times...several of them on the Rainbow Bridge...I can assure you that every bit of this is on film...from every possible angle.


44 posted on 11/22/2023 4:25:00 PM PST by Gay State Conservative (Proudly Clinging To My Guns And My Religion)
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To: SaveFerris

First thing I thought of when I saw the video.


45 posted on 11/22/2023 4:25:17 PM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: dfwgator

You have a twisted mind, sir.....

Just like me - LOL


46 posted on 11/22/2023 4:26:11 PM PST by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: SeekAndFind

Baghdad Kath: Nothing to see, here.....move along!


47 posted on 11/22/2023 4:26:53 PM PST by Jane Long (What we were told was a conspiracy theory in ‘20 is now fact. Land of the sheep, home of the knaves)
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To: dfwgator

Aunt Edna seems to be bewildered in the back seat

Check her purse and see if she has any money


48 posted on 11/22/2023 4:27:17 PM PST by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: SaveFerris

Ellen Griswold: I think I broke my nose.
Rusty Griswold: I stabbed my brain.
Audrey Griswold: I just got my period.


49 posted on 11/22/2023 4:28:37 PM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: SeekAndFind

So many things zre not clear when you’re a libtard. Glad I’m not one of them.


50 posted on 11/22/2023 4:35:36 PM PST by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: thepatriot1
Can't tell skin color since its chard. Pretty safe comment.
51 posted on 11/22/2023 4:35:59 PM PST by wardamneagle
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To: SeekAndFind

It was a mostly peaceful explosion


52 posted on 11/22/2023 4:37:45 PM PST by Chauncey Gardiner (Vivamus stultus ignarus mori )
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To: SeekAndFind

The only “Rainbow Bridge” I give a rip about is the one where I’ll be with my dogs again.


53 posted on 11/22/2023 4:42:25 PM PST by Bonemaker (invictus maneo)
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To: SeekAndFind

Nothing to see here. It’s a known fact that cars always explode when they hit medians.


54 posted on 11/22/2023 4:42:41 PM PST by mass55th (“Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway.” ― John Wayne)
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To: ridesthemiles
Reports are conflicting:

Some say GOING INTO CANADA

Some say GOING INTO NEW YORK

Well first it was coming, then it was going……

55 posted on 11/22/2023 4:43:30 PM PST by Lockbox (politicians, they all seemed like game show hosts to me.... Sting…)
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To: SeekAndFind

The fascist governor would never lie....

;-)


56 posted on 11/22/2023 4:44:16 PM PST by cgbg ("Creative minds have always been known to survive any kind of bad training." Anna Freud.)
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On the heels of Rule 2.13… imagine that.


57 posted on 11/22/2023 4:53:31 PM PST by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist!)
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To: SeekAndFind

Hokum is full of crap!


58 posted on 11/22/2023 4:54:34 PM PST by sheik yerbouty ( Make America and the world a jihad free zone!)
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To: SeekAndFind

HA HA HA HA HA !!!!
That’s a knee slapper !!!


59 posted on 11/22/2023 4:56:10 PM PST by Thapsus_epiphany (Socialism is a prison, Communism is a death camp )
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To: All

Sometimes shit just happens.


60 posted on 11/22/2023 5:00:24 PM PST by TomServo
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