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Explosion on Rainbow Bridge in Niagara Falls. Posted as a safety warning. Mods please


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We have a contact that knows the family of the driver.  Apparently the accelerator stuck and he went into the plaza at the end of the bridge, went airborne and the car exploded when it crashed

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  On 11/22/2023 at 11:48 PM, damj said:

We have a contact that knows the family of the driver.  Apparently the accelerator stuck and he went into the plaza at the end of the bridge, went airborne and the car exploded when it crashed

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Pretty clear it was an accident based on the footage. Nobody is doing that on purpose. So sad for the family the grief plus the burden of the narrative this has caused. 

 

Thanks for the update

 

RIP

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Some crazy stuff.  I appreciated our local TV news guy for the line "North of the boarder...well, West, in this case."   Attention to detail. :beer: 

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  On 11/22/2023 at 11:52 PM, WEATHER DOT COM said:

 

Pretty clear it was an accident based on the footage. Nobody is doing that on purpose. So sad for the family the grief plus the burden of the narrative this has caused. 

 

Thanks for the update

 

RIP

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Information is still coming in, it may have been a medical emergency.  I know the name, but won't say it of respect for the family. They were headed to Toronto for the Kiss concert, which ironically was canceled because Paul Stanley had the flu. 

 

What a shame.

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  On 11/23/2023 at 12:09 AM, damj said:

Information is still coming in, it may have been a medical emergency.  I know the name, but won't say it of respect for the family. They were headed to Toronto for the Kiss concert, which ironically was canceled because Paul Stanley had the flu. 

 

What a shame.

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Awful. Prayers for the family. It’s a miracle no one outside the vehicle was killed given the setting. 

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  On 11/23/2023 at 12:12 AM, WotAGuy said:


Awful. Prayers for the family. It’s a miracle no one outside the vehicle was killed given the setting. 

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It was a miracle ... he crossed over into on coming lanes, through a busy intersection and into the exit lanes for the bridge

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  On 11/23/2023 at 12:24 AM, MarkyMannn said:

how, this early, would someone know that?  The car was destroyed

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We have common friends with the family and this is what we're hearing they have been told by investigators. They think it was an issue with the accelerator or the driver had a medical emergency.  The driver was in his 50s. My son played hockey with the driver's son. 

 

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  On 11/23/2023 at 12:30 AM, damj said:

We have common friends with the family and this is what we're hearing they have been told by investigators. They think it was an issue with the accelerator or the driver had a medical emergency.  The driver was in his 50s

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Maybe the medical.  Pedals if they fail go into limp mode and shut down

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  On 11/23/2023 at 12:09 AM, damj said:

Information is still coming in, it may have been a medical emergency.  I know the name, but won't say it of respect for the family. They were headed to Toronto for the Kiss concert, which ironically was canceled because Paul Stanley had the flu. 

 

What a shame.

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I know, too, from inside sources in my home town.  
 

Shocking and sad, and yes, that they were headed to the Kiss concert.

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  On 11/23/2023 at 12:30 AM, damj said:

We have common friends with the family and this is what we're hearing they have been told by investigators. They think it was an issue with the accelerator or the driver had a medical emergency.  The driver was in his 50s. My son played hockey with the driver's son. 

 

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So they didn't know yet, as in not "apparently".  You mean possibly or likely.

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  On 11/23/2023 at 12:09 AM, damj said:

Information is still coming in, it may have been a medical emergency.  I know the name, but won't say it of respect for the family. They were headed to Toronto for the Kiss concert, which ironically was canceled because Paul Stanley had the flu. 

 

What a shame.

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Maybe Paul can write a follow up to Detroit Rock city. 

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  On 11/22/2023 at 11:52 PM, WEATHER DOT COM said:

 

Pretty clear it was an accident based on the footage. Nobody is doing that on purpose. So sad for the family the grief plus the burden of the narrative this has caused. 

 

Thanks for the update

 

RIP

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All these dumb idiot busy body  people and news casters oooh it was a terriist attack blah blah blah…. People need to keep there pie hole shut and quit trying to gas *hit up until they know all the facts

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  On 11/23/2023 at 3:35 AM, Bimmer323i said:

All these dumb idiot busy body  people and news casters oooh it was a terriist attack blah blah blah…. People need to keep there pie hole shut and quit trying to gas *hit up until they know all the facts

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Not gonna happen, scaring people gets much higher ratings.

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