The Mexican training ship crashes against the Brooklyn Bridge and lets 19 people injured

At least 19 people were injured, four of them seriously, when a sailing ship of the three-masted Mexican Navy, which Cuauhtémoc, reported, reported around 200 people who met the Brooklyn bridge on the New York East River.

At a press conference, the Mayor of New York said Eric Adams that in contrast to previous reports, nobody had gone to the East River and that all injuries were suffered on board the high ship.

The collision occurred shortly before 9 p.m., with all three 147-foot masts of the ship hit and grabbed the bridge when the ship seemed to move backwards.

Images appeared online and seemed to show several seafarers who subsequently hold on to the masts.

X -User @orenjinoir stood in Brooklyn on the waterfront when the collision appeared and caught the moment on video.

The ship seems to hit a kind of scaffolding or ways on the underside of the bridge that can be seen as a result.

In other film materials of spectators, people will flee the promenade when the ship accesses them after the collision.

Rubers fall on the deck of the ship, including parts of the masts, lights and parts. The sails had not expired at the time.

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The contribution According to reports, some of the injuries were brought to the local hospitals and the Brooklyn Navy Yard.

The Mexican Navy said in a post on the social platform X that the ship was damaged in an accident with the Brooklyn Bridge, which prevented it from continuing its journey.

It also added that the status of the staff and material of naval and local authorities was checked that supported support.

“The secretary of the Navy renews her commitment to the security of the staff, transparency in your business and excellent training for future officials from Mexican Armada,” said Spanish.

The Cuauhtémoc, a training vessel in the Mexican Navy, sailed on Tuesday during a goodwill visit to the United States in the New York port. Dozens of marine cadets standing on the masts when others were waiting nearby cultural Mexican clothing nearby.

At the collision, a large Mexican flag flew at the rear of the ship.

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The Arm Cuauhtémoc, built in 1982 in Bilbao, Spain, is considered an ambassador ship for her country together with three sister ships. It is assumed that the high ship has covered 400,000 nautical miles and has visited 228 ports in 73 countries for over 43 years.

On its current journey, the ship left Acapulco on April 6th and was supposed to visit 22 ports in 15 nations, including Kingston, Jamaica. Havana, Cuba; Cozumel, Mexico; And New York.

It had also planned to go to Reykjavik, Iceland; Bordeaux, Saint Malo and Dunkirk, France; And Aberdeen, Scotland, among other things, for a total of 254 days – 170 at sea and 84 in the harbor.

The New York City emergency department reacts to emergency and warned the New Yorkers to avoid the region.

The New York Attorney General Letitia James said she prayed for those involved and asked the New Yorkers to “follow the local instructions while our first aiders do their job”.

At around 10.30 p.m., the New York emergency notification system stated that the Brooklyn Bridge was reopened, even though it warned of delays.