Mexico's navy chief has said that the pilot manning its training ship which crashed into the Brooklyn Bridge on Saturday night was under the control of New York authorities. "The ship has a training mission and is also an ambassador.

The Mexican Navy ship which crashed into New York's Brooklyn Bridge over the weekend made no distress calls before the accident but called for support instead, Mexico's Navy chief Raymundo Morales said on Tuesday.

Dozens of people have lined América Yamilet Sánchez’s street overnight holding white roses and their cell phones to illuminate the way to her house for the hearse carrying her body.