Man dies, woman rushed to hospital after jet ski accident off lower Manhattan on Saturday night, according to officials and sources.
A 23-year-old man and 22-year- an elderly female passenger, both from Manhattan, was riding a jet ski from Hoboken, New Jersey, when they both fell. off around 19:20 off Battery Place and West St, according to FDNY and police sources.
The jet ski overturned while the man was driving at high speed on Sources said the Hudson River is near Battery Park.
The woman was able to swim to safety in financial ferry terminal where she climbed up stairs, the sources said. She was taken to a New York hospital in the city center, where she is recovering.
Rescuers were unable to find the man. who According to sources, he went under the ferry terminal.
divers teams from FDNY and NYPD later found he is about 150 yards south of terminal, police sources said. He was announced dead on site around 22:30
.
