The Rainbow Bridge Incident
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- čas přidán 29. 04. 2024
- In November of 2023, a White Bentley Flying Spur would careen into the U.S. Border Checkpoint at Rainbow Bridge in Niagara Falls, New York, and the resulting footage of the incident captured by security cameras would both stun and bewilder observers worldwide. This is the story of that fateful, gloomy November day.
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As soon as you mentioned him accelerating and missing a turn, my first though was, "heart attack".
I once witnessed a guy's car suddenly swerve to the side and then roll down a small hill. The car rolled several times and came to a stop against a tree, mere feet from hitting me on the sidewalk. I called 911 while other witnesses attended to him. Apparently he had a heart attack and it caused him to jerk his wheel to the side and his foot to slam on the gas. He was eventually okay but his car was totalled. It's absolutely a possibility that Kurt suffered a similar medical emergency. I honestly think the guy I witnessed was saved from more extreme harm by his car rolling so it never had the chance to hit a high speed before slamming into the trees he was beelining for.
Thanks for the episode, Midnight. Take care
Just FYI, the Canadian Horseshoe Falls is owned by Canada.
I think the border runs through the middle of the Horseshoe Falls so it’s part of the U.S. and Canada
Paul Stanley is the guy behind all of this.
Interesting content! Keep up the good work Morbid Midnight. Greetings from the French Alps.
So weird to see a video on this incident - I never thought I’d hear anything about it again. I live rather close and was shook up to get the civic alert text about lockdown until they were able to deem this incident an accident and not a terrorist attack. It was a wild few hours for sure.
Here in Pennsylvania they are "ACE" hardware/lumbar stores. Ace, like "Ace of spades". Anyways Great vid. Long time viewer.
Theyre doing spinal stuff now?? Thats crazy
Lmao whiteyfisk! Super nice catch there! Made me LOL
It’s Ace Hardware, but his locations are specifically called Gui’s Ace Lumbar. It’s pronounced “guy.”
Or...Ace as in Ace Frehley, from KISS🤔🤷
Here's a thought: they went to the casino but Mr Villani fell ill. They decided to hurry back home. Perhaps Mr Villani thought he could hold it together but his stomach had other ideas. He vomited violently and passed out--which caused the car to swerve sharply. Mrs Villani, seeing her husband's reaction, tried to yank the car back in line but Mr Villani's foot was still on the gas pedal when he lost consciousness and that, along with yanking the steering wheel, caused the car to hit just the right angle, and launch.
After all, singer Harry Chapin had a heart attack while driving, and it caused him to swerve into traffic and collide with an 18-wheeler.
If they decided to hurry back home, they were going in the wrong direction to get back to Grand Island. I suppose it's possible that he was not thinking straight and accidentally drove the wrong way, though. I think your scenario is plausible, if it wasn't the failure of the car itself.
Flying Spur? What a stupid, pretentious name. The people didn't deserve to die but the car sure did
lmaoooo
How soft, petty & jealous do you have to be to say something like that
Something doesn't make sense. Why would you go to a casino for only minutes? I'm suspecting they got into an argument and it continued as he drove which, intentionally or not, led to the crash.
Agreed. There's that meme floating around that says women don't talk enough about the danger of being trapped in a car with an angry man driving unsafely. Without another reason given in the video, my mind immediately jumped to it.
Maybe to use the restroom? Maybe to check on prices for a hotel room? Remember, the concert got cancelled so their original plans are now messed up. So maybe to check in to their room, drop off luggage., change out of concert clothes and put something more generic and nice on so they could have a normal date night, without a KISS t-shirts on. There’s a million reasons to spend just a few minutes at a casino.
This was my thought as well. I once got into an argument with my husband while he was driving at highway speeds. Rather than excellerate (we were already doing 70mph) he stomped on the brakes, causing us to spin uncontrollably in the middle of a four lane freeway. To this day, I have no idea how we didn't get hit by another car, didn't crash, didn't roll. In fact, the car was fine and we were just a little bumped and bruised. We were SO lucky. And I am now divorced.
An argument that no one in a bust casino saw them having? I can think of several other reasons for leaving after only just a few minutes. Maybe they went just for something to do- since it was never their original plan anyway- and while one was checking some social media or event groups found out something interesting was going on back in NY so they decided to leave. Or maybe someone texted asking to get together and again, since they weren't far away and were just killing the evening they'd planned for something else, decided to do that instead. Maybe they'd decided to go to one of the restaurants there but when they got there, saw the wait was huge or it was closed (I'm from an area where a good number of casinos are about 30-40 minutes away and people go there all the time just to eat in the restaurants). Maybe they just got there and decided "nah, not tonight". All of which have zero to do with the accident itself, which could have a number of explanations- as mentioned were stroke or heart attack but a seizure can basically turn your muscles to steel for a minute, tensing them intensely, which could cause the driver not just to stomp on the gas but be unable to turn the wheel. Or any number of car malfunctions. Whatever it was, it almost certainly wasn't intentional as you would have had to be able to see the future to know how it would turn out. It wasn't as if it were driven directly at a brick wall. It had to hit the curb with high enough speed to not just jump it instead of spinning but to launch it at still high speed into the wall, none of which the driver could be certain of. Not to mention that many cars, especially expensive ones, are built with all kinds of safety features that do everything from a warning light or alarm going off to actually applying the brakes for you if you're about to hit something. Anyone actually trying to hurt themselves or someone else wouldn't choose the most unlikely of scenarios that there's no way they could know the end of and there would be a good chance the vehicle wouldn't allow it anyway.
I will say that auto braking feature is pretty nice. We have it in our Jeep and it works great when someone stops suddenly right in front of you. Though you want to hope you aren't drinking something when it happens because it will go up your nose and all over your front.
Met their drug dealer I bet
Morbid be hustling holy crap
Hey ur covering something local to me. Cool!
Same
I’ve never heard of this incident. That’s crazy! Thanks for the content. ☺️
"quiet border crossing" not on Canada Day! .. also: our Bentley Bentayga had computer glitch w/tires that almost caused accident around this time. took 3 weeks to fix.
The Rainbow Bridge is easier than the Lewiston-Queenston Bridge. My favorite is the Whirlpool Bridge
Its not about this but if anyone ever gets the chance to go to Niagara Falls, take a ride on the Maid of the Mist. Its a boat ride that goes _right_ up to the waterfalls and its a pretty wild ride. Definitely bring an umbrella or a poncho. Super worth it.
Is that the one that goes to the bottom of the falls or the crazy speedboat that zooms around the top (or does it go around that gigantic Charybdis of a whirlpool?)
@@punkinholler it's the one at the bottom of the falls, the jet boats are a different thing I dunno what they're called though lol
I live about an hour and a half from here, and have been to Niagara Falls many many times. When this happened there was rumours at first that it was a terrorist attack, and a civic alert went out just in case. Very strange and tragic incident.
Thank-you
All that extra money you pay for a luxury car doesn’t go into making it safer. Just makes someone else more profit.
fresh morbid midnight my favorite.
cool I almost forgot about this one
In the final picture. . . . the yellow warning sign with a car swerving off to the left.
If they couldn't establish a mechanical or electronic glitch, the most likely explanation is user error, IE foot slammed down on accelerator with the driver panicking so much they didn't realize they were not pushing the brake.
They couldn’t establish a mechanical glitch because there was very little left of the car to establish anything with.
Was at work when this happened. This is my backyard. So many crazy things were said as to what happened. Surprised to see it on here. Thanks for covering.
I've walked this bridge many times as a teenager as I grew up in NF NY. Living in Buffalo now and this event was shocking. I believe there was a guard in that shack but he was not seriously injured. It was a day or two before they were publicly identified.
I'm just glad ("glad" is not the best choice of words, but I think you know what I mean) it wasn't a terror attack.
Horrible tragedy.
I would say definitely something wrong with the car.
Bentley flying spur! You bet it was!
I remember the video
Crazy to have 1 of these videos done close to where I live. There was also a crazy nearby incident around the same time a lady attempting suicide by going over the falls drove into the Niagara River but got caught on a large rock before going over.
It probably is no coincidence that the car maker issued the recall in the summer of 2021 for Continental GT and Flying Spur models built between 2018 and 2021 for exactly accelerators getting stuck. Further investigation should be revealing.
A Hit 💯
Cool video. Tragic, but not a mechanical fault. Some kind of recklessness.
👍👍
This is why manual transmissions are better. You can only go so fast in each gear before you have to shift and you have to be more attentive while driving.
I watched this happen... that's crazy lol
a Bentley doesn't have an event recorded on it? I will give some insight on how hard the accelerator was pressed, steering, any attempt at braking or any input controls leading up to the crash. similar to a black box on a airplane.
Any explanation as to why they only spent a few minutes in the casino?
"fast falling falls!"
I thought that picture was of Princess Kate or whatever she's called.
That car had to have been accelerating for ba long time to hit that kerb and launch that far!
These cars can be manually taken over using the ECU. ..
Never would have happened if the car had a proper throttle cable and not a wireless throttle. Neither brakes , steering or throttle should be allowed to be anything less than a physical mechanical connection. Its insane the NHSTA allows electronic connections of the most vital safety controls on an automobile.
Wouldn't be the first time a KISS fan died traveling to a concert where do you think the inspiration for Detroit Rock City came from
I heard it was done in protest to Canadian bacon 🥓 😳
Its a mob hit, they remotely crashed his car into the barrier. They done it at a check point to redirect attention and make it look like a terrorist attack. No other reason to deny maintenance records.
Niagra Falls Canadian side - home of the $29.00 hamburger. Fries are extra. Thanks Tourists!
Fries with mayo 🤮
Most expensive Wendy's in Ontario lmaoo
Oh the drama
I can't help wondering how many free cocktails may have been involved. Expensive cremation either way. I'm sure it couldn't have happened to a much nicer couple. The only thing that would change my mind would be if there was some sort of mechanical failure involved (stuck throttle, etc). But this was a Bentley, not some rebuilt salvage from a buy here pay here lot on the brink of bankruptcy. A medical emergency that would cause something this sudden at the worst possible moment seems even less likely. But maybe that's just me.
Dude was just driving like a prick, that's all
If the accelerator in your sticks just put the trans in neutral.
I’d imagine if Bentley were innocent, they’d be shouting it from the rooftops.
New York drivers amiright!
Sorry but Niagara Falls is hardly “New York.”
Imagine if Bentley had named that car the "Flying Sperm" instead of the "Flying Spur" . . . Would that be weird or what? People would be like, "What were they thinking?"
Vehicular Sabotoge
If a car accelerates on its own, you just put it in neutral...I think he had a stroke
or turn off the engine. I once had the accelerator cable stick and the car started accelerating. It was a manual so I dropped it into neutral and turned off the engine. Since it didn't have power steering, I was ok to do that. Otherwise, leave the engine on until you can steer safely off the road then turn off the engine.
Maybe he panicked.
They went to the casino for some fun, but that is when she asked for a divorce, after considering everything for about eight seconds Dude said "F that".
ur doin car accidents now?
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Does this car have auto launch? No pun intended. If it does, that's most likely your answer.
I guess he wanted to see if a Flying Spur could really fly.
It totally can. Thanks for the sacrifice in the name of science.
The tv bracket did it
Meh. Deliberate. Whatever.
"it will remain a mystery"?? WTF is this? I tune into this channel to see the whole story. Please refrain from covering current events unless they're resolved.
Modern cars can be hacked.
This isn’t a movie lmao
@@Josh_reilly It's been demonstrated. Not just movie BS.
@@paddyohenry6428 electronic key fobs can be hacked but they can’t drive your car like an RC from their phone lol, the vehicle would need no manual driving mode for that to be possible
@@Josh_reillythey most certainly can for some equipped vehicles. And even some not. Just tell the computer to keep the fuel injectors open and override the brake relay and voila
Canadian here. At first we were concerned about the potential ramifications (initially we thought it was a Canadian couple that was injured) but after confirming that those maimed and killed were Americans, Canadians really stopped caring. The Prime Minister did deploy some CT officers to the area undercover, but were later recalled when it was clear a mass attack was not coming. Thankfully we were on guard, but it wasn't needed. Still, no sympathy on this side for the Americans
I've been sitting here puzzled how a car like a Bentley (renowned for being big, heavy, & sturdy) not only launches itself into the air from a relatively low starting speed, but also virtually disintegrates & turns into a huge fireball in what's effectively a head-on crash. A quick Google search for the Flying Spur and, well... no wonder Bentley are dragging their feet on the subpoena.
Aluminium body & an electric hybrid engine? That fire is probably thanks to the battery, they don't tolerate impacts like a regular petrol tank is designed to withstand.
When they're asking several hundred thousand dollars for one of these cars, it's concerning that it can't protect the occupants in a crash that would probably have been survivable in a Mercedes. Very tragic,.RIP 🤍
This is exactly why I bought a used 2008 Mazda 3 instead of a Bentley Flying Spur.
Maybe the guy made an enemy at the CIA and the car-hacking group decided to off him.