A Mexican Navy sailboat crashed into the Brooklyn bridge on Saturday night, according to the New York Police Department and the Mexican Navy.
The accident occurred at 8:30 pm, which turned out that multiple injuries are reported, according to NYPD.
The Cuauhtemoc, a navigation training ship of the Mexican Navy Colide with the Brooklyn bridge, in New York City, on May 17, 2025.
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Four people have suffered serious injuries, two officials said about the active situation to ABC News.
There are no deaths from now on, officials said.
It is not clear how many people were on board at the time of the accident, but the NYPD Harbor unit and the diving are on the scene.
A navigation training ship from the Mexican Navy collided with the Brooklyn bridge on Saturday, May 17, 2025.
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Cuauhtémoc’s sailboat was doing a “navigation maneuver” when he crashed with the bridge, the Mexican Navy said in an X.
The Cuauhtemoc, a navigation training ship of the Mexican Navy Colide with the Brooklyn bridge, in New York City, on May 17, 2025.
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“The state of the staff and the team is being reviewed by the naval and local authorities,” the statement continued.
This is a development story. Consult the updates again.
Josh Margolin and Clara McMichael of ABC News contributed to this report.
