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SPECIAL REPORT | Update on vehicle explosion at Rainbow Bridge border crossing

UPDATE

New York state officials held a press conference with an update on the vehicle explosion at the border crossing between the U.S. and Canada at Niagara Falls.

You can watch NBC’s Special Report of the press conference in the video embedded below.


ORIGINAL STORY

The FBI is investigating a vehicle explosion that happened at the Rainbow Bridge. This bridge is the border crossing between the U.S. and Canada at Niagara Falls.

Two people were found dead in a vehicle that exploded at a checkpoint on the American side of a U.S.-Canada bridge in Niagara Falls Wednesday, a law enforcement official told The Associated Press.

[AP source: 2 people in vehicle that exploded at NY/Canada border crossing declared dead at scene]

Read more here.

NBC News provided a special report earlier in the day on Wednesday moments after the incident happened. Watch the video below.