The Seastreak Wall Street ferry from Atlantic Highlands, N.J., banged into the mooring as it arrived about 8:45 this morning at South Street. View PHOTOS.
A ferry from New Jersey made a hard landing at a dock this morning as it pulled up to lower Manhattan during rush hour, injuring about 57 of the about 330 people on board, at least two critically, officials said.
The Seastreak Wall Street ferry from Atlantic Highlands, N.J., banged into the mooring as it arrived about 8:45 this morning at South Street.
Some patients were carried out strapped to flat-board stretchers, their heads and necks immobilized. About a dozen passengers on stretchers were spread out on the dock, surrounded by emergency workers.
A corner of the ferry was ripped open like a tin can.
A passenger, Ellen Foran of Neptune City, N.J., said people tumbled on top of one another, hysterical and crying.
Ferry company officials are at the scene. Police say the crew passed alcohol breath tests given after the crash. The National transportation Safety Board has joined the investigation.
Ferries are a fairly common way to commute to work in Manhattan, an island separated from New Jersey and the rest of New York City by rivers.