{"id":347197,"date":"2026-07-21T12:30:06","date_gmt":"2026-07-21T12:30:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/347197\/"},"modified":"2026-07-21T12:30:06","modified_gmt":"2026-07-21T12:30:06","slug":"superyacht-crash-during-tow-damages-fort-lauderdale-riverwalk-newsradio-wfla","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/347197\/","title":{"rendered":"Superyacht Crash During Tow Damages Fort Lauderdale Riverwalk | NewsRadio WFLA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Fort Lauderdale, FL &#8211; A superyacht being towed through Fort Lauderdale&#8217;s New River struck multiple structures Monday, causing property damage and prompting an investigation by local and federal authorities.<\/p>\n<p>According to city officials, the incident happened in the Riverwalk neighborhood near Southeast First Avenue and Riverwalk North. <\/p>\n<p>The vessel involved was The Determination, a 112-foot Westport motor yacht based in Sarasota that was under the control of a towing boat at the time of the collision.<\/p>\n<p>Witness Michael Mobile, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/MOBILEMIKE_\/status\/2079176837880594648?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E2079176837880594648%7Ctwgr%5E01d4d6be46b1814630b27da5441735658f7fbb70%7Ctwcon%5Es1_c10&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.local10.com%2Fnews%2Flocal%2F2026%2F07%2F20%2Fvideos-show-boat-crash-property-damage-in-fort-lauderdale%2F\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">known as Mobile Mike on social media<\/a>, recorded the incident on his cellphone after noticing what he described as the yacht moving at a high rate of speed while being towed. <\/p>\n<p>The video captured the moments leading up to the crash and showed the towboat identified as belonging to Steel Towing alongside the yacht.<\/p>\n<p>City officials said the collision damaged a dock, the roof of a nearby two story building and a stormwater pump station.<\/p>\n<p>Fort Lauderdale Police officers and Fire Rescue personnel responded to the scene to assess the damage and secure the area.<\/p>\n<p>As a precaution, city crews closed the sidewalk next to the damaged property and installed barriers to prevent public access.<\/p>\n<p>Officials also arranged for a structural engineer to inspect the affected building and seawall to determine whether additional repairs would be needed.<\/p>\n<p>The Fort Lauderdale Police Department Marine Unit and the U.S. Coast Guard were notified following the incident.<\/p>\n<p>Officials have not released a cause of the crash, and the investigation remains ongoing.<\/p>\n<p>A representative for Steel Towing was not immediately available to comment on the incident.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Fort Lauderdale, FL &#8211; A superyacht being towed through Fort Lauderdale&#8217;s New River struck multiple structures Monday, causing&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":347198,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[1579,187,1776,1178,26026,47,249,251,250,142107,658,3741,142106,65652,481,133504,142108,100927],"class_list":["post-347197","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fort-lauderdale","tag-building","tag-city","tag-crash","tag-damage","tag-dock","tag-fl","tag-fort-lauderdale","tag-fort-lauderdale-headlines","tag-fort-lauderdale-news","tag-fort-lauderdale-riverwalk","tag-incident","tag-infrastructure","tag-michael-mobile","tag-new-river","tag-property","tag-superyacht","tag-the-determination","tag-tow"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/347197","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=347197"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/347197\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/347198"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=347197"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=347197"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=347197"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}