Yacht Collides With Florida Drawbridge

The extent of damage to the $20 million yacht is still being determined

ByABC News via logo
December 3, 2014, 12:14 PM

— -- A Miami causeway was shut down for hours after a $20 million yacht with 15 people aboard collided into a drawbridge.

The 161-foot mega-yacht, named “Rockstar,” was being towed by two tug boats when it came in contact Tuesday with a drawbridge on the Broad Causeway, the thoroughfare that connects North Miami with Bay Harbor Islands.

Investigators said the 4:30 p.m. accident occurred after the tow boat captain asked the bridge tender to raise both sides of the drawbridge, according to local ABC station WPLG.

Investigators are now trying to determine what went wrong, whether the bridge was not raised in time, not raised at all or if inclement weather or a mechanical failure was to blame.

None of the 15 people aboard the yacht were injured, WPLG reports.

The extent of the damage to the yacht is still being determined.

The Broad Causeway was reopened to traffic by 9:30 p.m. Tuesday.