Man taken into custody at Buffalo airport after crashing pickup truck into gate
CHEEKTOWAGA, N.Y. (AP) 鈥 A man in a pickup truck drove through a roadside gate at the Buffalo Niagara International Airport and crossed a runway before being taken into custody Tuesday morning, according to police.
CHEEKTOWAGA, N.Y. (AP) 鈥 A man in a pickup truck drove through a roadside gate at the Buffalo Niagara International Airport and crossed a runway before being taken into custody Tuesday morning, according to police.
The unidentified man was apprehended at the western New York airport without incident about 6 minutes after breaching the gate, which was damaged. The incident, which occurred at about 7:30 a.m., did not disrupt air traffic, said Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority Police Chief Brian Patterson.
It was not clear why the man breached the gate, but Patterson told reporters at a briefing that 鈥渨e鈥檝e come to the conclusion that this was intentional.鈥
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Police say the man crossed a taxi way and a runway before being apprehended. No one was injured but the driver is facing charges. (AP Video / May 20, 2025)
The pickup truck crossed a taxiway and a runway before the man was taken into custody on an inactive runway outside a plane that is used for training, the chief said.
Paterson said the man faces state and federal charges.
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