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Jones went over the falls and became the first person to survive the drop without any aid in the fall, having swum from approximately 100 yards (91 m) before swimming over the falls. Jones and his friends had been drinking before the incident, and had planned to record the event—although his friends were not able to operate the recorder.
A woman and two children, including an infant, died at Niagara Falls after crossing the safety guard rails, New York State Police said. On Oct. 28, at approximately 9 p.m.,
Niagara Falls Police Chief John Faso, said 3D scanners were also being used to help create a “digital crash scene” to help discover the cause of the incident.
Two people in the car were killed in the fiery incident on the Rainbow Bridge, which leads into and out of Canada at Niagara Falls, that occurred minutes before 11:30 a.m., officials said.
At 11.50am ET, the Rainbow Bridge was closed due to a “traffic event”, according to an incident alert from the Niagara International Transportation Technology Coalition.
Steven Trotter (November 13, 1960 – October 14, 2022) was an American daredevil who at age 24 became the youngest person to have gone over Niagara Falls in a barrel. He was one of a few people to perform the stunt twice.
Niagara Falls partly freezes as temperature dips in US after bomb cyclone. Graeme Massie is following the latest details for The Independent . An explosion rocks a busy crossing near Niagara Falls
Kirk Raymond Jones (1962 or 1963 – c. April 19, 2017) was an American who became the first person to survive going over Horseshoe Falls, the largest waterfall of Niagara Falls, without safety equipment, in 2003. He then went over Niagara Falls again in 2017 with a plastic ball and died.