Ship collides with Brooklyn Bridge – dead and injured

A sailing ship of the Mexican Navy with 277 people on board is collided in New York with the famous Brooklyn Bridge. According to the Mayor of New York, Eric Adams, two people died. In the accident on Saturday evening (local time), 22 people were also injured, as the Mexican Ministry of Navy announced on platform X. 19 of them were therefore medical care in a hospital, three were seriously injured. Nobody had to be saved from the water.

The « Cuauhtémoc » was a training ship that was damaged in the accident, the ministry continued to say. On unexpected video images on social media, it could be seen how the sailing ship collides with it when passing through under the suspension bridge and bend the masts of the ship. No major damage was found on the bridge itself, the New York police said. She first called the people to avoid the area around the bridge.

The ship should go to Iceland

According to the Mexican ambassador, the ship was on the way to Iceland, Esteban Moctezuma Barragán. The message takes care of the crew members, he continued at a press conference in the evening. The families of those affected will be contacted.

The New York Mayor Eric Adams was also on site. He thanked the rescue workers of the coast guard for their efforts.

The suspension bridge over the East River – a symbol of the metropolis – combines Manhattan and Brooklyn.