The Latest: Coast Guard suspends search after tugboat crash
The U.S. Coast Guard says it has suspended its search for two tugboat crewmen who are missing and presumed dead after the boat crashed into a barge north of New York City.
Astorino says state police divers will enter the water around 5 p.m. to continue the search.
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo says state police are using sonar to locate a tugboat that sank into the Hudson River after crashing into a barge.
A lawyer for the owner of a tugboat that crashed and sank in the Hudson River north of New York City says the crew members were all licensed, competent and experienced.
Attorney James Mercante tells The Associated Press that Saturday's fatal boat crash was "a shocking, horrific marine tragedy."
Mercante represents the company that owned the 90-foot tugboat called Specialist that hit a barge at around 5:20 a.m. One crewman is dead and two others remain missing.
A spill team from the New York state Department of Environmental Conservation is on its way to the scene of a fatal tugboat crash where 5,000 gallons of fuel spilled into the Hudson River.
Police say an unknown amount of fuel spilled into the Hudson River when a tugboat crashed into a barge north of New York City and sank, killing one.
Police say water conditions have made it unsafe for divers to enter the river to search for the crew members missing from Saturday's crash.
Westchester County Police spokesman Kieran O'Leary says the tugboat hit a barge that is part of the bridge construction project.
Trooper Dermont Summers of the New York State Police says searchers are looking for two more people who were aboard.
State police say it hit the base of a construction cane, while the U.S. Coast Guard says the boat struck a barge.
Trooper Dermont Summers of the New York State Police says searchers are looking for two more people who were aboard.
The U.S. Coast Guard says the boat struck a barge, but state police say it hit the base of a construction crane.