The Jersey Journal, 24-May-18
No serious injuries were reported after a dinner cruise yacht with dozens of promgoers aboard bumped a smaller unoccupied boat from behind Thursday night at a Hudson River pier in Hoboken, according to officials and witnesses at the scene.
Weehawken Superintendent of Schools Robert Zywicki posted on Twitter that the high school's senior prom was taking place on the Cornucopia Destiny, a 111-foot yacht, which he says was still docked before the crash into the smaller yacht, the Cornucopia Sundancer, a 95-foot yacht.
He said staff and administrators were on board with the students, and they were being bused to the Weehawken Elks Lodge following the crash. All were checked by EMS and there were no injuries, he said.
No word on if their prom will be rescheduled.
A video posted on Twitter shows the larger yacht slamming into the back of the other yacht docked at the 14th Street Pier. The smaller yacht then slams into the pier, knocking down a lamppost.
The Hoboken Fire Department said on Twitter that no injuries were reported, but Hoboken police, Hoboken EMS, and New Jersey State Police were on the scene.
