A New York City's Staten Island Ferry boat has crashed into a passenger terminal leading to over 60 injuries, the New York Police Department reported.

Luckily, no life-threatening injuries resulted from the crash of Staten Island Ferry although a few passengers were transported by the police to local city hospitals.  But reports are inconsistent with some saying the accidents caused 10 serious injuries.

While the accident occurred, 252 passengers along with eight crew members were aboard Staten Island Ferry boat. The city authorities are still investigating the accident.

The Staten Island Ferry is operated by the New York City Department of Transportation that runs between Manhattan Island and Staten Island, according to Wikipedia.

It is not often that a ferry boat crashes into something, but dangerous incidents do happen. In 2003, the ferry Andrew J. Barberi had an accident on the Staten Island side killing 11 passengers, the AP reported.

The Staten Island Ferry serves 19 million passengers each year on a 5.2 mile run that takes approximately 25 minutes each way. The ferry service is provided 24/7. Each day approximately five ships transport about 75,000 passengers during 104 boat trips.

Right now The Staten Island Ferry has eight ferry ships in four classes in service:

The MV John F. Kennedy, the MV American Legion, and the MV Governor Herbert H. Lehman, known as the “Kennedy class”, built 1965. Each boat can carry 3,500 passengers and up to 40 vehicles, is 297 feet (91 m) long, 69 feet, 10 inches (21.3 m) wide, with a draft of 13 feet, 6 inches (4.1 m), weight of 2,109 gross tons, service speed of 16 knots (30 km/h), and engines of 6,500 horsepower (4.8 MW).

The MV Andrew J. Barberi and the MV Samuel I. Newhouse, known as the “Barberi class”, built 1981 and 1982 respectively. Each boat carries 6,000 passengers and no cars. The boats are 310 feet (94 m) long, 69 feet, 10 inches (21.3 m) wide, with a draft of 13 feet, 6 inches (4.1 m), weight of 3,335 gross tons, service speed of 16 knots (30 km/h), and engines of 7,000 horsepower (5.2 MW).

The MV Alice Austen and the MV John A. Noble known as the “Austen class”, (commonly referred to as "the Little Boats" or "Mini Barberis") built 1986. Each boat carries 1,280 passengers, and no cars. The boats are 207 feet (63 m) long, 40 feet (12.2 m) wide, with a draft of 8 feet, 6 inches (2.6 m), weight of 499 gross tons, service speed of 16 knots (30 km/h), and engines of 3,200 horsepower (2.4 MW).

The MV Guy V. Molinari, MV Senator John J. Marchi and MV Spirit of America, known as the “Molinari class”, carry a maximum of 4,500 passengers and up to 40 vehicles. Built by the Manitowoc Marine Group in Marinette, Wisconsin, they are designed to recall look and ambiance of the classic New York ferryboats. 

(Much of the article comes from wikipedia.  Because of this, foodconsumer.org does not claim copyright to this article.  Anyone can use this article as long as the source of the article is acknowledged.)