Mexican navy ship hit Brooklyn Bridge during the promotional tour New York star-news.press/wp

The Mexican navy sailboat hit the Brooklyn Bridge on Saturday during a promotional tour in New York, the top of her mast brushed the iconic range as he sailed through the eastern river.

The Mayor of New York said that 19 people were injured in the incident, four seriously.

In the scene, they captured in multiple eyewitness videos, three masts of ship could be seen as they collapse and partially collapse as they collapsed in the deck of the bridge. Videos showed severe traffic at the collision time at the time of the collision. The boat, which was flying giant green, white and red Mexican flag, then withdrew towards the edge of the river as they looked out of the coast.

The Mexican Navy is in the post on the Social Platform X that Cuauhtémoc, the Academy Training Vessel, damaged in the Brooklyn Bridge accident that prevented the journey. It was added that the status of staff and material was supervised by the naval and local authorities, which provided assistance.

“The Secretary of the Navy renews its commitment to the safety of staff, transparency in its business and excellent training for future officials of Mexican Armade,” he said in Spanish.

Brooklyn Bridge, which opened in 1883. years, has almost 1,600 feet (490 meters) of the main range that support two masonry towers. More than 100,000 vehicles and estimated 32,000 pedestrians cross every day, according to the Department of City Transport, and its promenade is the main tourist attraction.

The Cuauhtémoc – about 297 feet and wide 40 feet (40 meters long and 12 meters long), according to the Mexican Navy – they sailed for the first time in 1982. years. Every year it comes out at the end of the hour in the maritime army.

This year, he left the Mexican Port of Acapulco, on the Pacific Coast, 6. April with 277 people on board, the Mexican Navy said.

The ship was supposed to visit 22 ports in 15 nations, including Kingston, Jamaica; Havana, Cuba; Cozumel, Mexico; And New York.

He planned and go to Reykjavik, Iceland; Bordeaux, Sveti malo and Dunkirk, France; and Aberdeen, Scotland, among other things, a total of 254 days – 170 at sea and 84 in the port.