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A person was killed and one other was hospitalized after a 30-foot boat hit the Fisher Island Ferry close to Miami early Sunday morning, the US Coast Guard mentioned.
The 2 males had been on the boat, which sank after the accident, Coast Guard spokesperson Ryan Estrada mentioned. The vessel has since been recovered and eliminated, in keeping with a tweet from the Coast Guard.
The port’s North and South channel initially had been closed, which hindered some ships – together with cruise ships, from arriving and loading. Nevertheless, PortMiami has since opened again up.
Schedules for 3 completely different cruise ships had been briefly disrupted, port officers mentioned, and a “short-term security zone” was established.
“Because of a waterway navigation incident on Sunday … the PortMiami channel is closed. The closure will have an effect on the arrival time and debarkation of passengers on Carnival Celebration, MSC Seascape, and NCL Escape,” PortMiami mentioned in a tweet Sunday morning.
Three crew members on the ferry boat are “high quality,” in keeping with Estrada.
has reached out to Miami Hearth Rescue and the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Fee, who oversees the investigation.
additionally reached out to the three cruise ship firms that PortMiami mentioned had been impacted by the incident.
“We now have been in direct contact with our company and can proceed to offer them updates as we study extra info from officers,” Carnival Cruise Line instructed , including, “We’ll defer to officers with the USCG and the port for questions and different feedback.”
