Rainbow Bridge Incident: Car Crash and Explosion Investigation

By Eva November 23, 2023

A car crashed and exploded at Rainbow Bridge, connecting the U.S. and Canada in Niagara Falls, New York.

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The FBI investigated and found no explosives or terrorism connection.

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The Niagara Falls Police Department will now handle it as a traffic investigation.

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New York Governor Kathy Hochul confirmed it wasn't a terrorist attack, and there were no explosives at the scene.

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The crash happened when a vehicle sped toward a border checkpoint, hit a booth, exploded, and went airborne.

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The driver and passenger died, one booth agent was injured but later released from the hospital.

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The Rainbow Bridge was closed, but other nearby bridges reopened later in the evening.

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Security measures increased at airports, and officials in both the U.S. and Canada are taking the incident seriously.

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