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

[John from Riverside]

Have a safe Thanksgiving, everyone
 

[wppete]

1 hour ago, Lost said:

I saw conflicting reports, one of which says the car was driving towards Canada side, and the other to the US.

I just saw the same thing. Really insane. 

[Draconator]

I have a workmate whose brother is in the FBI. He's saying it was a Tesla, possibly in self-driving mode, that was on the US side, traveling at close to 100 mph, hit a curb, went airborne, and crashed into a secondary inspection site. 

[BritBill]

Two people dead and it’s being treated as more than a freak accident. 
 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/world-us-canada-67503982

Edited November 22, 2023 by BritBill

[Jauronimo]

I'm calling it now.  This is somehow connected to Marcel Dareus drag racing Freddy Jackson to the new chinese buffet at the Sundowner.

[JDubya76]

Buffalo Airport closed

[Ray Stonada]

 

10 minutes ago, Draconator said:

I have a workmate whose brother is in the FBI. He's saying it was a Tesla, possibly in self-driving mode, that was on the US side, traveling at close to 100 mph, hit a curb, went airborne, and crashed into a secondary inspection site. 

 

If that's what it is, just one more reason to not feel cool about turning over a Tesla self-driving mode. Dang.

[Draconator]

 

[Warcodered]

1 minute ago, JDubya76 said:

Buffalo Airport closed

Wednesday before Thanksgiving. 😬

[zow2]

Might not even be explosives now.  they aren’t sure.  Could be a high speed car crash, on purpose.

[RiotAct]

4 minutes ago, JDubya76 said:

Buffalo Airport closed

source?

[Lost]

2 minutes ago, Draconator said:

 

 

It's wild how quickly we go from terrorist attack car bomb to out of control self driving Tesla 🤯

[Jauronimo]

2 minutes ago, Draconator said:

 

Looks like them Duke boys are at it again! Better hope they grow some wings or however that goes

 

Is a Tesla Y the new symbol of the confederacy?

[JDubya76]

5 minutes ago, RiotAct said:

source?

The link in BritBill’s post from the BBC.

Looks like it’s closed to international flights according to:

 

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/buffalo-airport-closed-international-flights-after-explosion-us-canada-border-us-2023-11-22/

Edited November 22, 2023 by JDubya76

[Dukestreetking]

Just want to clarify early comment, so I'm not spinning anything up:

 

Not all the imagery I've seen would indicate a VBIED attack, at least that I'm familiar with (ex, lack of cratering, wider blast damage, other).

 

So...12-24 hr definitely applies here.

[PastaJoe]

Latest reports say the car came from the casino.

[QCity]

So it was just a Tesla blowing up?

[Bimmer323i]

No one knows for sure if there were explosives in the vehicle… the car went airborne and it an object and exploded… Coulda been just gas tank exploded but who knows… just seen seen on a live news report 

[1ManRaid]

3 minutes ago, QCity said:

So it was just a Tesla blowing up?

 

If it was a Tesla (which it appeared to me from the wheel in the wreckage), it didn't "just blow up".  Teslas burn, they don't detonate.  A high speed wreck might catastrophicly rupture the batteries to basically explode.  Also a Tesla would be a weird terrorist car to blow up.

Edited November 22, 2023 by 1ManRaid

[DrDawkinstein]

So more and more looking like just another day in Niagara Falls, US.