Police reopen major Canada-US tunnel after bomb threat
The major tunnel between Windsor, Ontario, and Detroit was scheduled to reopen at 17 pm and Thursday after a stop due to a bomb threat, the Windsor police said. Police "fully inspected" the tunnel before reopening it, authorities said Windsor. The bomb threat led to traffic backups that drivers on both sides of the border were diverted. Employees at Detroit-Windsor Tunnel has received an anonymous phone call around 12:30 pm from someone saying there was a bomb in the tunnel, Sgt. Matthew D'Asti with Windsor police told HLN. The authorities have worked together on both sides of the border to investigate and search the tunnel for any device possible, said D'Asti. Neal Belitsky, President and CEO of Detroit-Windsor Tunnel, said the threat was called in the Canadian portion. The authorities dealt with the issue "as a nonspecific, anonymous bomb threat," said Asti. The tunnel was evacuated. The tunnel is one of two international crossings between Windsor and Detroit. Traffic was routed to the other, a bridge about two miles away. About 27,000 to 29 000 vehicles pass daily through the tunnel, which opened in 1930. The Coast Guard says it has created a security zone in the Detroit River to keep ships away from the tunnel.
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