{"id":6357,"date":"2026-08-09T14:36:19","date_gmt":"2026-08-09T14:36:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/?p=6357"},"modified":"2026-08-09T14:36:19","modified_gmt":"2026-08-09T14:36:19","slug":"captain-hit-with-slew-of-charges-after-boat-capsized-near-liberty-island-killing-2-including-infant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/?p=6357","title":{"rendered":"Captain hit with slew of charges after boat capsized near Liberty Island, killing 2, including infant"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>The captain of the boat that capsized in New York Harbor late Saturday \u2014 killing a baby and a 27-year-old woman \u2014 was hit with more than a dozen charges for driving it while dangerously overloaded, according to sources.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/?p=6355\">Two dead, including an infant, after boat capsized off Liberty Island coast; 12 people rescued from water<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The operator, a 46-year-old Manhattan resident who has not been publicly identified, faces 13 charges of reckless endangerment after the motorboat he was steering flipped over off the coast of Liberty Island just before 10:30 p.m. Saturday, with more charges pending, according to sources.<\/p>\n<p>The vessel, a 22-foot bowrider motorboat, was overloaded with 14 people on board, NYPD sources told The Post.<\/p>\n<p>Two passengers are confirmed to have died, including a 5-month-old baby and a 27-year-old woman from Queens. Neither has been identified pending family notification, the NYPD said.<\/p>\n<p>Multiple agencies, including the NYPD, the FDNY, the US Coast Guard and Air Sea Rescue, were scrambled to the scene and the captain of the vessel was taken into custody.<\/p>\n<p>Video of the incident shows blue and red emergency craft lights in the dark harbor\u00a0searching\u00a0the waters after the vessel\u00a0capsized.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/?p=6353\">Mamdani taps Israel-hating, anti-cop radicals for NYC school board<\/a><\/p>\n<p>NYPD helicopters could be seen hovering overhead, while FDNY vessels patrolled the waters to save survivors.<\/p>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The remaining 11 passengers were removed from the water and transported to Brooklyn\u2019s Lutheran Hospital in stable condition with minor injuries.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo. Why? Why? No,\u201d a loved one of one of the victims could be heard yelling in horror at the hospital\u00a0on\u00a0Saturday night.<\/p>\n<p>Some of the survivors could be seen still clutching their life jackets in the hospital lobby.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/?p=6351\">Exclusive | NYC fashion designer found dead on Montauk yacht was cold and bloodied when EMTs arrived: medical report<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>This is a developing story. Please check back for updates.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The vessel, a 22-foot bowrider motorboat, was overloaded with 14 people on board, NYPD sources told The Post.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6356,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6357","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-metro"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Captain hit with slew of charges after boat capsized near Liberty Island, killing 2, including infant - Metro Transit Review<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/?p=6357\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Captain hit with slew of charges after boat capsized near Liberty Island, killing 2, including infant - 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