Mexican Navy sailboat crashes into Brooklyn Bridge, at least 19 injured: Officials

A Mexican Navy sailboat with 277 folks on board crashed into the Brooklyn Bridge Saturday night, injuring a number of folks on board in a dramatic scene alongside the New York Metropolis waterfront, in response to authorities.

The crash occurred at 8:30 p.m., leading to at the least 19 folks injured, in response to the New York Police Division.

4 folks had been left with severe accidents, in response to metropolis officers, who gave a press briefing late Saturday night.

The captain, who was maneuvering the ship, misplaced energy and mechanical perform, and the present “brought on 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 had been injured because of the mass placing the bridge, in response to 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 had been seen dangling from the masts after the collision.

Nobody fell into the water, in response to officers. Officers stated they didn’t consider the bridge sustained any structural injury.

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 data reveals it was probably a mechanical problem with the sailboat, in response to officers.

The Brooklyn Bridge had quickly closed after the crash however has since reopened, in response to 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 a press release.

ABC Information’ Josh Margolin and Clara McMichael contributed to this report.