© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: A automobile burns on the Rainbow Bridge U.S. border crossing with Canada, in Niagara Falls, New York, U.S. November 22, 2023 in a nonetheless picture from video. Courtesy Saleman Alwishah by way of REUTERS/File Picture
(Reuters) -U.S. police stated on Thursday they had been nonetheless investigating a fiery crash on the bridge linking New York state and Ontario, Canada that sparked a safety scare prompting closure of 4 U.S.-Canadian border crossings on Wednesday.
The Niagara Falls Police Division’s Crash Administration Unit has taken over investigation of the incident, which was decided by U.S. federal companies, together with the FBI, to not have been a terrorist occasion.
“Due to the complexity of the incident, the investigation will take some time to complete,” Niagara Falls Police Division Superintendent John Faso stated in an announcement. “At this time the identity of those involved is pending positive identification and notification to next of kin.”
Video of the crash, caught on safety digicam and posted to X, previously Twitter, by the U.S. Customs and Border Safety (CBP) company, confirmed the automotive touring from the U.S. facet at excessive pace, then hitting an object and flying into the air earlier than crashing to the bottom and exploding in flames.
The motive force and a passenger died. A CBP officer suffered minor accidents, and was handled at a hospital and launched.
CNN reported the motive force was a 56-year-old man touring along with his spouse to attend a live performance by the rock group KISS.
The crash unfolded at a time of heightened safety issues all over the world stemming from the Israel-Hamas battle and on the peak of U.S. vacation journey on the eve of Thanksgiving celebrations.
The Rainbow Bridge, scene of the incident, and all three different border crossings alongside the Niagara River between western New York and the Canadian province of Ontario – the Peace Bridge, the Lewiston-Queenston Bridge and the Whirlpool (NYSE:) Bridge – had been shut for a number of hours as a precaution. The three bridges that weren’t concerned had been reopened early Wednesday night.
The Rainbow Bridge, which hyperlinks the USA to the Canadian city of Niagara Falls, reopened to site visitors in each instructions at 6:30 p.m. (2330 GMT) on Thursday, in response to border authorities.
