Two Dead, More Injured After Mexican Navy Training Ship Collides With Brooklyn Bridge
A Mexican Navy training ship carrying around 270 passengers hit the Brooklyn Bridge on Saturday.
Two people are dead and more than a dozen are injured.
The ship was on a global goodwill tour before the collision. Reports say the vessel lost power, causing it to lose control.
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said in a statement, “We are deeply saddened by the loss of two crew members of the Cuauhtémoc Training Ship, who lost their lives in the unfortunate accident in New York Harbor.”
There was no visible damage to the Brooklyn Bridge. Traffic was closed for nearly an hour so that officials could check the structure.
At least 19 people were injured, 4 seriously, after a Mexican Navy boat on a training cruise crashed into the bottom of the Brooklyn Bridge, officials tell ABC News.