Source: NBC 4 New York
A tall Mexican ship, owned by the Mexican navy and on a goodwill tour to the United States, collided with the bottom of the Brooklyn Bridge on Saturday evening killing two sailors and injuring more than a dozen others, officials said.
The ship, the Cuauhtémoc, had arrived earlier in the week to the South Street Seaport Museum and was offering tours to the public before it departed New York City bound for Iceland when the collision happened. The crash, which happened just before 8:30 p.m., occurred when the Mexican navy ship hit the bridge during a sailing maneuver on a training cruise, according to a social media post from the Mexican navy. The ship apparently lost steering power and was pulled onto the bridge by the river’s current, according to an NYPD official.
Nineteen people were injured, New York City Mayor Eric Adams said on X early Sunday, two of whom remained in critical condition “and 2 more have sadly passed away from their injuries.” Sunday morning the Mexican navy sent out a statement with an updated injury report saying 22 total crew members were injured, including 11 in critical condition and nine in stable condition.
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