A Mexico Navy School ship, with approximately 270 people on board, collided this Saturday with the lower part of one of the structures of the emblematic Brooklyn bridge, in New York. The incident has left at least Two killed people and about twenty injuredsome of them in serious condition, according to authorities from the United States and Mexico.
The Secretary of the Marina (Semar) of Mexico has reported in a statement that two of the crew have died from the serious injuries caused by the accident. Of the rest of the injured, orYou are in serious condition and nine stables. The president of Mexico, Claudia Sheinbaum, has lamented the death of the two crew members and has indicated that Semar continues to attend to the injured together with the local authorities, to which she has pleaded with her support. “Our solidarity and support for families,” he said in a message from his social network X.
Several crew members were uploaded to masts
The images of the accident spread on social networks show Several crew raised in the highest parts of the masts of the ship. It has been these sticks that when trying to cross below the bridge have split due to the collision with the sailors on top.
“During the Cuauhtémo sailboat maneuverC In New York, a accident was recorded with the Brooklyn bridge that caused damage to the school ship, preventing at the moment the continuation of the instruction cruise, “said Semar in a publication in its official account in the social network X. The Mexican institution has also indicated that both the state of the staff and the sailboat material are being current “Transparency in its operations”.
For its part, the New York Police Department has confirmed through the same platform that the collision is under investigation and has requested that Circulation is avoided in the areasince “dense traffic and a large number of emergency vehicles are expected in its surroundings.” Both the Secretary of the Navy and the director of the Naval School are in contact with the local authorities and the relatives of the cadets aboard the ship respectively, to provide them with “timely care” and “necessary information.”
However, the activation of rescue operations has not been necessary, since “No element fell into the water.” The Mayor of New York, Eric Adams, “will go to the place shortly to evaluate the scene and receive a full report,” said spokesman Fabien Levy, in an X post.
Also, ADAMS has confirmed that The structure has not suffered damage and that the circulation is maintained. “After our preliminary inspection, we can confirm that the bridge did not suffer damage and is now open to the public,” he said. At the moment of the incident, the boat took 277 people on board, as reported by the Bloomberg news agency citing the Coast Guard.
