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		</div><p>US transportation officials have launched an investigation into why a Mexican navy tall ship hit the Brooklyn Bridge in a collision that snapped the vessel’s three masts, killed two crew members and left some sailors dangling from harnesses high in the air.</p>
<p>The ship, called the Cuauhtemoc, was visiting New York on a global goodwill tour when the accident occurred on Saturday evening.</p>
<p>The vessel could be seen in multiple videos travelling swiftly in reverse toward the bridge near the Brooklyn side of the East River.</p>
<p>Then its three masts struck the bridge and snapped, one by one, as the ship kept moving.</p>
<figure id="attachment_186320" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-186320" style="width: 640px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><img src="https://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/IMG_8601.jpeg" alt="" width="640" height="427" class="size-full wp-image-186320" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-186320" class="wp-caption-text">The Cuauhtemoc sits docked on Sunday after the deadly collision</figcaption></figure>
<p>It was unclear what caused the ship to veer off course. The National Transportation Safety Board announced that it was sending a team to investigate. Investigators were expected to arrive Sunday afternoon.</p>
<p>New York City mayor Eric Adams said the 142-year-old bridge escaped major damage, but at least 19 people aboard the ship needed medical treatment.</p>
<p>Two of the four people who suffered serious injuries later died, Mr Adams announced on social media.</p>
<p>Videos showed heavy traffic on the span at the time of the 8.20pm collision. No one on the bridge was hurt.</p>
<p>The vessel, which was flying a giant Mexican flag and had 277 people aboard, then drifted into a pier on the riverbank as onlookers scrambled away.</p>
<p>Sailors could be seen aloft in the rigging on the damaged masts but, remarkably, no one fell into the water, officials said.</p>
<p>The Mexican navy said in a post on the social platform X that the Cuauhtemoc was a training vessel. It said a total of 22 people were injured.</p>
<p>Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum lamented the loss of the two crew members.</p>
<p>“Our solidarity and support go out to their families,” Ms Sheinbaum said on X.</p>
<p>Traffic was halted on the bridge after the collision but was allowed to resume after an inspection, city officials said.</p>
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