HomeLatest NewsMore than 20 people injured after boat catches fire in New York;...

More than 20 people injured after boat catches fire in New York; captain charged with DWI

Published on

Featured

Who is Anibal Hernandez Santana, accused in ABC station shooting and note saying Trump officials are ‘next’

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Authorities allege a man...

Joseph Naso, ‘Alphabet Killer,’ paid twisted homage to executed ‘Red Light Bandit’: investigator

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Joseph Naso, the "Alphabet...

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles!

A boat captain was arrested after the vessel caught fire and injured more than 20 people near City Island in The Bronx over the weekend.

Joshua Brito, 33, was charged with driving while intoxicated and reckless endangerment following the incident that happened on Saturday at around 8 p.m. near the east end of Hart Island, according to WABC.

The 22 people on the boat were injured, including one person in critical condition.

POWERFUL HOUSE EXPLOSION CAUGHT ON CAMERA IN MISSOURI KILLS 1 PERSON, 1 DOG

According to officials, Marine 4, a New York City Fire Department vessel, was doing a routine patrol in the area when the boat on fire was spotted in the Long Island Sound.

Marine units pulled three people from the water while 19 others swam to shore on Hart Island before they were transported by Coast Guard, police and fire department units to nearby City Island to receive further medical evaluation at a hospital.

NYC SEWAGE BOAT EXPLOSION IN HUDSON RIVER KILLS 1 CITY WORKER, INJURES 2 OTHERS

Man arrested after a boat caught fire in New York

“Marine 4 gave a verbal for a boat fire and multiple people in the water to the Bronx dispatcher,” New York City Fire Department Assistant Chief Mike Meyers said in a statement. “At that point, the Bronx dispatcher had land units respond to come into City Island and begin to accept patients. Marine 4 grabbed three people out of the water. At that point, they transported them to one of the docks that was close by, where Engine 70 was waiting and EMS was waiting as well to begin CPR on the victims.”

“The other 19 folks swam to Hart Island,” he continued. “They were just off the east end of Hart Island, and then they were picked up by the NYPD Coast Guard and FDNY boats and transported back over to the docks at the Yacht Club on City Island.”

Man in ambulance after boat caught fire in New York

Authorities continue to investigate the cause of the fire.

“The boat, in order to fit that many people on it, had to be a pretty decent-sized boat,” Meyers told reporters at the scene on Saturday. “Marine 4 did notice them earlier in the evening and they said there was a lot of people on that boat.”

Read the full article here

Latest articles

Trump Threatens “Full Force” In Portland Crackdown, Sends More Troops

Portland is seeing an increased presence of federal agents after President Trump authorized “full...

Russia Says A “False Flag” Provocation By Kiev Could Result In WW3

In a Telegram post on Friday, Maria Zakharova said that Kiev is planning a...

Professor at elite college belongs to offshoot of leftist gun club celebrating violence at Georgetown: group

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! FIRST ON FOX —...

DA Bragg’s office drops case against woman who allegedly sucker-punched pro-life activist

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A woman accused of...

More like this

DAVID MARCUS: DiCaprio’s ‘One Battle After Another’ an ill-timed apologia for left-wing violence

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Timing, they say, is...

Who is Anibal Hernandez Santana, accused in ABC station shooting and note saying Trump officials are ‘next’

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Authorities allege a man...

Joseph Naso, ‘Alphabet Killer,’ paid twisted homage to executed ‘Red Light Bandit’: investigator

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Joseph Naso, the "Alphabet...