By Canadian Press

FBI confirms explosion at Canada-U.S. Rainbow Bridge border crossing in New York

Nov 22, 2023 | 12:01 PM

WASHINGTON – The Associated Press reports that two people were found dead in a vehicle that exploded at a checkpoint on the American side of a Canada-U.S. bridge in Niagara Falls today.

A law enforcement official who spoke to AP was not authorized to discuss details of the investigation publicly and shared the information on condition of anonymity.

Eyewitnesses reported seeing a speeding car and then a ball of flames today when a vehicle suddenly crashed and exploded at a U.S. border checkpoint in Niagara Falls, triggering a lockdown along the Canada-U.S. border.

Four separate entry points between Canada and New York state were shut down as a precaution while law enforcement officials flooded the complex on the U.S. side of the Rainbow Bridge, which spans the Niagara River.

Videos posted to social media showed smoke and flames and the wreckage of at least one vehicle at the secondary checkpoint complex.

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The Associated Press quoted one eyewitness who told a local television station that the vehicle had been approaching from the U.S. side of the border when it suddenly began to accelerate at a high rate of speed.

(The Canadian Press)

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