
New York Police Identify Couple Killed in US-Canada Border Crash
Published on November 25, 2023
New York police on Friday identified the man and woman who were killed when their car crashed and burst into flames on the bridge linking New York state and Ontario at Niagara Falls, sparking a Thanksgiving eve security scare. Niagara Falls police said Kurt and Monica Villani, both 53 and from Grand Island, New York, were the occupants of the car. The incident was still under investigation by the Niagara Falls police Crash Management unit on Friday. Video of the Wednesday crash, caught on security camera by the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agency, showed the car traveling from the U.S. side of the border at high speed, then hitting an object and flying into the air before crashing to the ground and exploding in flames....
