Police are using 3D scanning technology to digitally recreate and find the cause of a deadly high-speed crash this week that sparked panic at a Niagara Falls border checkpoint.
“They take it to the scene, it scans the scene and renders a 3D image so they can work on the entire scene,” Niagara Falls Police Department Chief John Faso told NBC affiliate WGRZ.
Faso, whose department is overseeing the investigation, also said it will be a “monumental task” to get an accurate view of the accident using the new technology.
“This is not something that will happen overnight,” Faso said during Friday’s interview.
Driver Kurt Villani and his wife Monica, both 53, were killed instantly Wednesday when their 2022 Flying Spur Bentley literally took flight after hitting a barrier at around 100 mph, crashing in a massive fireball on the side of the road. New York’s Rainbow Bridge.
The 2022 Flying Spur Bentley literally took flight after hitting a barrier at around 100 mph on the bridge. 2WGRZ Police blocked roads in Niagara Falls on Wednesday after a Bentley crashed at the Rainbow Bridge crossing heading into Canada. REUTERS
It prompted a heightened state of alert, with several other border crossings closed, until the FBI confirmed that night that it had found “no explosive material or terrorist nexus.”
Niagara Falls police are investigating the incident as a “traffic investigation” and examining whether the British luxury car simply failed.
Scenes of the remains after the accident.2WGRZ
One piece of evidence that will be critical to the investigation is the car’s event data recorder, said automotive analyst Lauren Fix.
The device is similar to the “black box” of an airplane and maintains a significant amount of information about how it was driven.
Niagara Falls police plan to use 3D scanning technology to find the cause of the accident. Via REUTERS
“It knows the steering input, because we have steering by wire, it has throttle information,” he told WGRZ. “I would warn you if you put the pedal to the metal.”
“In fact, they could see that the driver applied the accelerator pedal, not accidentally, so it could have been [possibly] a medical problem,” Fix said. “They will have to make a decision based on the knowledge they have.”
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