Carrie B cruise breaks loose, crashes into docked yacht in Fort Lauderdale

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. ā€“ A Carrie B cruise became undocked overnight, possibly from severe weather in the area, causing it to drift down the New River in Fort Lauderdale before crashing into multiple docked boats, including a yacht.

Cellphone video sent to Local 10 News shows the large boat drifting down the river, appearing to be unmanned.

ā€œI see a boat coming down the river and Iā€™m like, ā€˜Wait, whatā€™s going on?ā€™ And Iā€™m like, ā€˜Wait, no oneā€™s driving that boat. Why is it out here in this storm?ā€™ā€ witness Patricia Carroll said.

It eventually struck multiple docked boats, including a yacht that had two people onboard.

ā€œCarrie B was docked over there, but the line snapped because of the wind,ā€ a woman identified only as Stephanie, who was onboard the yacht, said. ā€œSo they had it tied up ā€“ everything was fine ā€“ itā€™s just, you know, itā€™s crazy out here, as you can see.ā€

The duo said they tied the Carrie B cruise to their boat to prevent it from hitting any others.

ā€œI was asleep and I heard some pounding against the boat -- well, I thought the boat was hitting the dock -- but I come out and the fire departmentā€™s here and the boat is just going up and down the river,ā€ a man onboard the yacht, identified only as Todd, said.

No injuries were reported.

The boat was eventually towed back to its dock -- quite a sight for early risers who say thatā€™s not something you see every day

ā€œNothing as major as the Carrie B in the middle of a storm at 3:30 in the morning hitting these boats,ā€ Carroll said. ā€œNo, Iā€™ve never seen anything like it.ā€


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