Two people were killed and 22 others injured when the Mexican tall ship Cuauhtemoc collided with the Brooklyn Bridge in New York on Saturday evening (17 May).
Video footage shot by eyewitnesses shows the masts of the sail training barque snapping after striking the span of the bridge before the ship drifts into the riverside boardwalk.
As the Guardian reports, the Mexican government said in a statement that 22 crew members were injured in the incident, 11 of them critically, with nine in a stable condition.
It also confirmed that the two sailors died were Mexican navy cadets. It’s believed that the deceased were on the masts at the time of the collision.
Enquiries are ongoing but it’s believed the Cuauhtemoc lost engine power shortly before the incident.
The ship, which had 277 on board, was on an international voyage celebrating 200 years of Mexico’s independence. It previously visited Dublin in 2012 for the Tall Ships Festival, as reported on Afloat.ie.
