Kathy Hochul says there is ‘no indications of terror attack’ at Canada border – as new footage shows speeding car hit reservation and soar through the air before exploding: Two killed including ‘driver who was casino player who crossed border to gamble’
- Two people were killed Wednesday morning when a car crashed into the median of the border bridge between the United States and Canada in New York.
- Kathy Hochul, the governor of New York, said on Wednesday evening that there was no evidence of any terrorist activity
- Both people in the car are believed to be Americans from Western New York, Hochul said: the driver was known as a casino player who regularly crossed the border
A car explosion on the US-Canada border bridge was not a terrorist attack, New York’s governor said Wednesday evening, urging calm “at a time of great concern.”
Two people were killed when a car drove into the border crossing at high speed Wednesday morning, closing the bridge near the city of Niagara on the eve of Thanksgiving, one of the busiest travel days of the year.
Kathy Hochul told a news conference Wednesday evening that the images of the fireball were shocking and that it was a miracle that there were not more injuries.
But she urged calm, saying the two victims were believed to be locals and there was no evidence of terrorism. The driver was a common sight in the casino and often crossed the border, The New York Times reported.
The car hit a fence and erupted into a ’40-foot-long fireball’, leaving the ‘car with pieces everywhere’
