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UPDATE -Two Dead in Crash at U.S. Canada Border Checkpoint

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In this image taken from security video, a light colored vehicle, top center, flies over a fence into the Rainbow Bridge customs plaza, Wednesday, Nov. 22, 2023, in Niagara Falls, N.Y. A vehicle exploded at a checkpoint on the American side of a U.S.-Canada bridge in Niagara Falls Wednesday, leaving two people dead and prompting the closing of four border crossings in the area, authorities said. (Customs Border Protection via AP)

NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y.  — New York Governor Kathy Hochul says there is no indication of a terrorist attack in the car which crash and exploded —killing two people at a checkpoint on the Rainbow Bridge in Niagara Falls.   It happened  late Wednesday morning on the U.S Canada border. All traffic was temporarily withheld from crossing the border. Security video at the border checkpoint shows the speeding vehicle sent airborne–prior to exploding.

The incident set off a nationwide chain reaction of high security alerts.  The incident remains under investigation.

 

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