A car crashed and exploded in flames on the Rainbow Bridge at a checkpoint on the American side of the Canada-United States border near Niagara Falls, New York, sparking a security scare that closed four U.S.-Canadian border crossings.
However, what had initially been reported as a possible terrorist attack is now believed to be the fault of a 56-year-old man who drove his Bentley Excelsior X into the border checkpoint, killing both occupants of the vehicle, himself and his wife.
“Four border crossings between Canada and western New York state were closed after a vehicle exploded at a tollbooth crossing into the U.S. via Rainbow Bridge in Niagara Falls on Wednesday, killing two people.
U.S. and Canadian law enforcement sources initially told multiple media outlets that the incident was likely an attempted terrorist attack. New York Governor Kathy Hochul, however, later declared that there was ‘no indication of a terrorist attack’.
‘Based on what we know at this moment, there is no sign of terrorist activity in this crash’, Hochul said.
While Fox News initially reported that explosives were found in the vehicle, which was attempting to drive into the border officer building, that claim was later retracted. No secondary explosive or device was found after a preliminary investigation, law enforcement sources told NBC.
In addition to Rainbow Bridge, authorities have closed Peace Bridge, Lewiston-Queenston Bridge, and Whirlpool Bridge to investigate the incident. According to Fox News’ sources, government buildings in the area have also been evacuated”. -RT
New York's governor even went on to raise an unusual question about whether the surveillance footage of the airborne vehicle crashing into the international border could have been potentially AI-generated.
“This is one of the busiest crossings, not just in Western New York but along the entire U.S.-Canadian border. And it happens on the busiest travel day of the year”, she stated.
Given the conflicting unsubstantiated reports of explosives and either an Iranian or Yemeni passport supposedly being found around the vehicle, it’s fairly safe to assume that the only thing one can be sure of is that the influx of disinformation in the news is there to serve as an intended smokescreen to cloud and distort the sinister truth behind what actually happened.