A Mexican Navy sailboat with 277 folks on board crashed into the Brooklyn Bridge Saturday night, killing two folks and injuring greater than a dozen others who have been on board in a dramatic scene alongside the New York Metropolis waterfront, based on authorities.
The crash occurred at 8:30 p.m., leading to at the very least 19 folks injured, based on the New York Police Division. 4 folks have been left with severe accidents, based on metropolis officers, who gave a press briefing late Saturday night.
Mayor Eric Adams stated early Sunday that two folks have been useless following the crash. Two others remained in important situation, he stated in an announcement posted to social media.
The Cuauhtemoc, a Mexican Navy crusing coaching vessel collides with the Brooklyn Bridge, in New York Metropolis, Might 17, 2025.
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The captain, who was maneuvering the ship, misplaced energy and mechanical operate, and the present “prompted the ship to go proper into the pillar of the bridge, hitting the mass of the ship the place there was a few sailors,” NYPD Chief Wilson Aramboles stated throughout a press briefing.
The sailors have been injured because of the mass hanging the bridge, based on Aramboles.
Quite a few cellphone movies from close by onlookers captured the second the ship’s masts, adorned with lights, collided with the underside of the Brooklyn Bridge. Members of the ship’s crew have been seen dangling from the masts after the collision.
A sailor dangles from a mast after the Cuauhtemoc, a Mexican Navy crusing coaching vessel collided with the Brooklyn Bridge, in New York Metropolis, Might 17, 2025.
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Nobody fell into the water, based on officers. Officers stated they didn’t imagine the bridge sustained any structural injury. The bridge has since been reopened to visitors, Adams stated simply after midnight, including that “we will verify that the bridge sustained no injury” after a preliminary inspection.
“We’re praying for everybody on board and their households and are grateful to our first responders who rapidly jumped into motion, guaranteeing this accident wasn’t a lot worse,” he stated.
A Mexican Navy crusing coaching vessel collided with the Brooklyn Bridge on Saturday, Might 17, 2025.
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The ship was disembarking from Pier 17 and heading to Iceland, officers stated.
The Nationwide Transportation Security Board is on web site and can start its investigation, however preliminary info exhibits it was possible a mechanical problem with the sailboat, based on officers.
The Cuauhtemoc, a Mexican Navy crusing coaching vessel collides with the Brooklyn Bridge, in New York Metropolis, Might 17, 2025.
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The Brooklyn Bridge had quickly closed after the crash however has since reopened, based on the New York Metropolis Division of Transportation.
“Whereas inspections will stay ongoing, there aren’t any indicators of structural injury to the Brooklyn Bridge,” NYDOT stated in an announcement.
ABC Information’ Josh Margolin, Clara McMichael and Ahmad Hemingway contributed to this report.
