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| Mexican Navy ship crashes into New York City's Brooklyn Bridge | Mexican Navy ship crashes into New York City's Brooklyn Bridge |
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| Watch: Ship smashes in to New York's Brooklyn Bridge | Watch: Ship smashes in to New York's Brooklyn Bridge |
| At least 22 people have been injured and three remain in a serious condition the after a Mexican Navy training ship crashed into New York City's Brooklyn Bridge. | |
| Footage shows towering masts of the Cuauhtémoc clipping the bridge as the sailing vessel was passing under the famous structure on Saturday evening. | |
| Parts of the masts reportedly fell on the deck, with US media reporting multiple injuries as members of the crew were standing on the masts at the time of collision. | Parts of the masts reportedly fell on the deck, with US media reporting multiple injuries as members of the crew were standing on the masts at the time of collision. |
| Brooklyn Bridge has not sustained any damage, the mayor New York Eric Adams said. | |
| In a media briefing led by the mayor, authorities said the no-one had fallen into the water and the injures had been sustained because crew were on the masts | |
| The ship lost the top of two masts and reported "multiple injuries on board" as a result of the collision, the New York Coast Guard said in statement. | |
| All personnel on the ship have been accounted for, the coast guarded added, with the injured have been transported to hospital. | |
| The Mexican Navy confirmed that the ship was damaged, saying the incident was being investigated. | The Mexican Navy confirmed that the ship was damaged, saying the incident was being investigated. |
| It put the number of injured at 22, with three seriously injured, while New York's mayor gave the number of seriously injured as four. | |
| Crowds who were watching the ship's trajectory fled from the water's edge as the masts collided with the bridge. | Crowds who were watching the ship's trajectory fled from the water's edge as the masts collided with the bridge. |
| New York police told residents to avoid the area of Brooklyn Bridge, South Street Seaport in Manhattan, and Dumbo in Brooklyn. | |
| "Expect heavy traffic and a large presence of emergency vehicles in the surrounding area," the city police department said on X. | |
| Reports say the Cuauhtémoc had more than 200 crew on board .It was in New York City on a goodwill visit. | |
| The vessel, which measures 297 feet long and 40 feet wide, according to the Mexican navy, sailed for the first time in 1982. | |
| Each year it sets sail at the end of classes at the naval military school to finish cadets' training. | |
| This year it left the Mexican port of Acapulco on April 6 with 277 people aboard, the navy said. | |
| Damaged masts on the Mexican Navy training ship Cuauhtémoc after it crashed into New York City's Brooklyn Bridge | Damaged masts on the Mexican Navy training ship Cuauhtémoc after it crashed into New York City's Brooklyn Bridge |