A construction crane fell onto a Royal Caribbean cruise ship and reportedly injured eight people
- A construction crane fell onto Royal Caribbean's Oasis of the Seas cruise ship in the Bahamas, according to a video tweeted by the Bahamian publication Bahamas Press.
- Eight people received non-life-threatening injuries from the incident, according to the Miami television station WSVN.
- No passengers were reportedly on the ship at the time of the incident, as the ship was not in service.
- Royal Caribbean did not immediately respond to Business Insider's request for comment.
A construction crane fell onto Royal Caribbean's Oasis of the Seas cruise ship in the Bahamas, according to a video tweeted by the Bahamian publication Bahamas Press.
The video shows the aftermath of the impact, which reportedly occurred in the Grand Bahamas shipyard.
The video's narrator, who says he was on the dock where the incident occurred at the time of the crane's collapse, suggests the dock was destroyed.
"All the cranes collapsed. Big, big, big, big, big, big disaster," the narrator says.
Eight people received non-life-threatening injuries from the incident, according to the Miami television station WSVN. No passengers were reportedly on the ship at the time of the incident, as the ship was not in service.
"We are aware of damage to the dock structure and to construction cranes," a Royal Caribbean representative told WSVN. "We are assessing damage to the ship."
Royal Caribbean did not immediately respond to Business Insider's request for comment.
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