Surveillance video captured the moment a speeding car suddenly went airborne at a checkpoint on the US-Canada Rainbow Bridge Wednesday — just seconds before it erupted into a massive fireball.
At least one CCTV camera managed to catch the vehicle soaring in the air after appearing to strike what sources said was a barrier near the checkpoint area on the American side of the bridge between Niagara Falls, NY and Ontario, Canada at about 11:15 a.m.
Moments later, a second video — believed to be taken from a nearby US Customs and Border Protection building — showed a ball of flames exploding as the car plowed into a barrier just out of view of the surveillance camera.
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The blast sent debris from a nearby security booth flying as plumes of thick smoke engulfed the area, the footage shows.
The two occupants of the car, whose identities haven’t been released, were found dead inside the vehicle, sources said.
A Border Patrol officer was injured in the explosion.
