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Kayakers and ferry collide; one severely injured: NYPD – Metro US

Kayakers and ferry collide; one severely injured: NYPD

Kayakers and ferry collide; one severely injured: NYPD
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At least six paddlers were hospitalized Tuesday after a group of kayakers collided with a ferry departing Pier 79 in Manhattan, NYPD officials said.

Six people were taken out of the Hudson River at Pier 79 on West 39th Street by NYPD, FDNY and the U.S. Coast Guard.Onevictim, an 18-year-old, was taken to Bellevue Hospital with severe arm injury and blood loss; five others are being treated for injuries including shoulder and back injury and a head laceration.

“I think both people have a responsibility to stay out of the way of each other, ” an unidentified NYPD officer said when asked about “the rules of the road.”

The unidentified NYPD official from the 10th precinct told reporters nine paddlers and one employee of Manhattan Kayak Company, located on Pier 84, were out for a short paddle. Two of the eight kayaks were hit by a NY Waterway ferry on the north side of Pier 84 at about 5:45 p.m. causing multiple people to fall into the water. Police were on the scene within five minutes, NYPD said.

NYPD sent divers to check for anyone who might still be in the water before holding a news conference.