The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) ruled out that the car accident on the US-Canada border that left two people dead and injured a border officer at noon Wednesday It was a terrorist attack.
The incident raised concerns just before the busy Thanksgiving travel period and forced authorities to close at least four border crossings with Canadabut the FBI determined that the incident is not related to a terrorist action.
In a post on X, formerly Twitter, the FBI said that in the Bentley that crashed into a concrete pile on the border near New York – Rainbow Bridge crossing near Niagara Falls – no explosives were foundas initially believed, nor has any link to terrorism been found.
In statements to CNN officials of that security body said that The occupants of the car were initially headed to Toronto for a Kiss concert. that night. The driver is believed to be from Western New York state. The two people who were traveling in the car died.
The agency has now turned the investigation over to local authorities, who are investigating why a luxury vehicle careened into a border checkpoint, crossed a separator, rose into the air, hit a building and exploded in a fireball. which killed its two occupants and injured a 27-year-old border officer.
The Rainbow Bridge crossing is still closed despite the Thanksgiving holiday being the busiest of the year. The other three borders that were closed on Wednesday: Lewiston, Whirlpool and Peace Bridge, reopened last night.
The Niagara Falls Police Department will not release the identity of the vehicle’s occupants until obtaining “positive identification and notification of next of kin.”
