FORT LAUDERDALE, FLA. (WSVN) - A yacht that was being towed veered off course and crashed into dock in downtown Fort Lauderdale.
The 130-foot vessel, named “Determination,” crashed into a dock along the New River, near Andrews Avenue, Monday morning.
South Florida radio personality Mobile Mike shared the video he recorded of the crash with 7News. He said he was on his morning walk when he noticed the yacht underway at a high rate of speed.
“As it goes under the bridge, it picks up speed,” said Mike. “Next thing you know, they’re going left, the tug tried to go right and the rope snapped and the boat just crashed into the dock.”
According to the tow company, someone on the yacht bridge accidentally hit the throttle as it passed Andrews Avenue, which sent the yacht off course.
The tow captains below tried to counter that propulsion, but there was nothing they could do to avoid the collision.
Mike said the incident is unfortunate.
“It was moving, it was moving quick and there was absolutely no way of changing the pathway,” he said.
Both the dock and the yacht sustained significant damage after the accident.
The yacht was eventually towed upriver, with a piling lodged in its bow still visible.
Despite the mess left behind and the city’s stormwater pump house damaged, no injuries were reported.
“It was by chance that nobody was on that dock. Thank God!” said Mike.
City officials said a structural engineer will determine how much damage the crash may have caused to the stormwater pump station, as well as the seawall.
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