One person was killed, and several others were injured after a tour boat capsized in upstate New York on Monday (June 12). The Lockport Police Department said that around 36 people were onboard the Lockport Cave and Underground Boat Ride when it capsized just before noon.
The Lockport Cave tour is a 75-minute historical tour of the cave complex along the Erie Canal.
Lockport Fire Department Chief Luca Quagliano said there were 29 adults on the boat when it became unbalanced and tipped over, sending everybody into the water. He said that officials pulled 16 people out of the water while the others managed to swim to safety.
Eleven people were hospitalized with minor injuries.
Quagliano said investigators believe that the deceased victim got trapped underneath the boat when it capsized.
WKBW reported Kristen Mirand said that she saw several people being taken away in an ambulance while others were covered with a white towel as they were led to a tour bus parked outside.
"I've been seeing — what looks like —passengers from the boat come out of the tour building draped in white blankets getting onto the white tour bus (left). Some were brought out on stretchers and put in ambulances," she tweeted.