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New York: Two people were killed in a vehicle explosion at the US-Canada border crossing near Niagara Falls in the afternoon hours on Wednesday, CBS News reported citing sources...
Two people were killed inside the vehicle that exploded, according to several law enforcement officials who verified the information to CBS News..
A Canadian visitor to New York, Mike Guenther, said he was walking close by when the incident happened and he noticed the vehicle speeding in the direction of the border crossing...
Meanwhile, the FBI Buffalo Field Office in a statement posted on social media platform X, said, The FBI Buffalo Field Office is investigating a vehicle explosion at the Rainbow Bridge, a border crossing between the US and Canada in Niagara Falls..
The Rainbow Bridge crossing connecting the US and Canada near Niagara Falls has been shut as the federal authorities in Buffalo, New York, have said that an investigation is underway..
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