A Mexican Navy sailing ship on a good will tour drifted directly into the underside of the Brooklyn Bridge on Saturday night, smashing its masts and rigging and killing two crew members.

There were 277 people on board the ship, the Cuauhtémoc, at the time of the crash, and everyone is believed to be accounted for, a New York Fire Department official said.

Mayor Eric Adams said in a social media post after midnight that two people had died, and that the ship had lost power before the crash.

President Claudia Sheinbaum of Mexico said on social media that the deceased were crew members on the Cuauhtémoc.

At least 22 others were injured in the crash, including 11 who were in critical condition and nine in stable condition, the Mexican Navy said in a statement.

Source: MarineTraffic

By Malika Khurana and Martín González Gómez

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