One dead after Mexican navy training ship hits New York’s Brooklyn Bridge – as mayor says at least 19 injured
One person has died after a Mexican navy ship hit the Brooklyn Bridge during a promotional tour in New York, according to a senior City Hall official
The Mexican navy said in a post on X that the Cuauhtemoc, an academy training vessel, was damaged in the collision, which has prevented it from continuing its voyage.
Eyewitness video posted online showed the mast of the ship, which was flying a large Mexican flag, scraping the underside of the bridge.
It then drifted toward the edge of the river as onlookers scrambled away from shore.
The City Hall official told Sky’s US partner network NBC News that there was one fatality in the incident.
The New York Police Department said that the vessel lost power before going into the Brooklyn Bridge.
The bridge has since reopened with no major damage.
Mr Adams said at a press conference that 19 people were injured, with four of those seriously injured.
He added that a “unified effort” is underway to “make sure that we look after all of those who were on the ship”.
Authorities then said that all of the injuries took place on the Cuauhtemo.
Eyewitnesses also told the Associated Press that they saw two people removed from the ship on stretchers.
Police commissioner Jessica Tisch added that the National Transportation Safety Board will take over the investigation.
The Mexican navy said the status of personnel and material was under review by naval and local authorities, which were providing assistance.
The Cuauhtemoc is about 297ft long and 40ft wide, according to the Mexican navy. It sailed for the first time in 1982.
Each year, it sets out at the end of classes at the naval military school to finish cadets’ training.
It left the Mexican port of Acapulco, on the Pacific coast, on 6 April with 277 people onboard, the navy said at the time.
The Mexican consulate said on social media last week that the Cuauhtemoc – also dubbed the “Ambassador and Knight of the Seas” – arrived in New York on 13 May.
The ship was scheduled to visit 22 ports in 15 countries, including Kingston in Jamaica, Havana in Cuba, Cozumel back in Mexico, and New York.
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It also had planned to sail to Reykjavik in Iceland, Bordeaux, Saint Malo and Dunkirk in France, Aberdeen in Scotland and other locations for a total of 254 days, 170 of them at sea.