The Canada Border Service Agency (CBSA) says Canada-bound traffic is moving again after being shut down for over seven hours due to an incident at the Ambassador Bridge.
The CBSA announced that the Windsor port-of-entry reopened around 4:30 p.m. Monday, after a report of explosives in a vehicle was issued at the crossing's secondary inspection point.
Windsor police were alerted by the CBSA shortly before 9:30 a.m.
The area surrounding the bridge was evacuated and the bridge was shut down for traffic in both directions at first. The CBSA reported shortly after 1 p.m. Monday that traffic into the United States had always been open for travelers.
Windsor police reported around 2:30 p.m. that the driver of the vehicle in question was detained and is in the custody of the CBSA. There do not appear to be others involved.
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Regular traffic was rerouted to the Windsor-Detroit Tunnel while commercial traffic was told to reroute to the Sarnia Blue Water Bridge. Images from WXYZ-TV's news helicopter showed long lines of traffic stopped on downtown Detroit freeways that led to the bridge.
The Windsor Police Service remained on scene just before 5 p.m. to assist with traffic flow of vehicles entering Canada from the U.S. U.S.-bound traffic was always allowed to cross during the incident.
