2 men killed in tugboat crash died from drowning
Posted March 14, 2016 7:00 am
NEW YORK (AP) - Authorities say autopsies of two men killed in the collision between a tugboat and a construction barge north of New York City showed they died from drowning.
The body of a third man who's presumed dead has yet to be recovered. It's believed his remains are located in a section of the sunken tugboat that divers were not able to access.
The 90-foot tugboat named Specialist hit a construction barge Saturday where workers are building the new Tappan (TAP'-uhn) Zee Bridge.
Westchester County Police spokesman Kieran O'Leary says commercial divers went into the water on Monday to start coming up with a plan on how to salvage the tugboat.
Investigators are trying to figure out exactly what led to the crash.
Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino, left, uses a diagram to explain the circumstances of a fatal collision on the water in Tarrytown, N.Y., Saturday, March 12, 2016. A tugboat crashed into a barge on the Hudson River north of New York City early Saturday killing at least one crew member and leaving two still missing. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
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A Coast Guard boat passes near the site of a fatal collision in the water underneath the Tappan Zee Bridge in Tarrytown, N.Y., Saturday, March 12, 2016. A tugboat crashed into a barge on the Hudson River north of New York City early Saturday killing at least one crew member and leaving two still missing. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
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Boats of emergency officials work near the site of a fatal collision in the water underneath the Tappan Zee Bridge in Tarrytown, N.Y., Saturday, March 12, 2016. New York State Police say one person is dead after a tugboat sank on the Hudson River north of New York City early Saturday morning. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
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Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino, left, uses a diagram to explain the circumstances of a fatal collision on the water in Tarrytown, N.Y., Saturday, March 12, 2016. A tugboat crashed into a barge on the Hudson River north of New York City early Saturday killing at least one crew member and leaving two still missing. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
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