An explosion on a boat carrying raw sewage that was docked on the Hudson River in New York City killed a longtime city employee Saturday, authorities said. Another worker on the city-owned Hunts Point vessel was injured and taken to the hospital after the blast around 10:30 a.

An explosion Saturday morning aboard a sewage boat docked on New York City's Hudson River killed one city worker and injured two others, officials said.Three Department of Environmental Protection employees were working on the vessel docked at the North River Wastewater Resource Recovery Facility in West Harlem when the explosion occurred at about 10:30 a.

New York police said they found a man dead Saturday, May 24, at the scene of an explosion on a boat in the Hudson River.