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.
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Speaking of Hochul...
Liberals lie.
Constantly.
I guarantee that my diagnosis of her being a psychopath (based on her eyes alone) is on the mark.
She and Witmer could run their own concentration camp. Or dominatrix business. That is one pair of seriously creepy women.
Saw video of this on news, not sure how anybody could say one way or another what was going on, but if not a deliberate terrorist act it could have been a case of a driver (probably elderly but not necessarily) having a sudden medical problem and losing consciousness, foot jammed on accelerator, passenger unable to respond. Instead of taking the turn towards the customs officers this vehicle went into the air and crashed into a support building, luckily no other casualties are being reported.
I would say 60/40 odds it was a medical problem and not a planned act, partly because it wasn’t a very disruptive planned act for anyone but the car occupants, and also it would be hard to plan it accurately (and if so, why this plan?).
“NY governor Kathy Hochul says no sign of terrorism in car crash, explosion at Rainbow Bridge border crossing”
NY governor Kathy Hochul shows no sign of intelligence
There, fixed it
from a more recent Daily Mail article
The pair were a husband, 56, and wife, driving a $300,000 Bentley, who were by the border for a Kiss concert in Ottawa on Tuesday night, CNN’s John Miller reported.
The concert was cancelled due to band member Paul Stanley getting the flu. The couple then went to the Seneca Niagara casino instead, WIBV reported.
Kathy Hochul told a press conference on Wednesday evening the footage of fireball on Rainbow Bridge near Niagara was shocking, and it was miraculous that there were not more injuries.
This is from the Babylon Bee, right?
In a Bentley? How likely is that?
She just confirmed it is Mooselip terrorists.
Let me guess, the gas pedal stuck on their electric vehicle.
So this is all the fault of the rock group KISS?
Of course there’s no terrorist activity. The occupants of the car were just carrying bombs in case they were attacked by a horde of zombies. Or maybe it was an EV and it just spontaneously exploded.
If it exploded correctly then both destinations would be correct.
Latest reports are that it was a middle aged couple. There apparently weren’t any explosives, as the damage would have been much greater than it was.
Are those GILLS on her lower cheeks or just the result of BAD BOTOX?
That’s the one I’m headed for!
It will be great to be young and healthy again, to roll in the tall grass in a huge puppy pile.
Daily Mail update: the couple were
in the casino only briefly and:
>>Sources within the casino said that the couple were not believed to be regulars, and were possibly only in the resort to change money.
They were intending on driving to a Kiss concert in Canada, CNN’s John Miller reported.
Miller said there was some speculation the driver, from a well-known family in Grand Isle, New York, had a medical issue.
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