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Exclusive: Yacht collision caught on camera in Hoboken, prom cut short

HOBOKEN, New Jersey (WABC) -- A New Jersey high school's prom was cut short when two yachts collided on the Hudson River.

The boats involved are still docked in Hoboken.

The collision Thursday night caused a chain reaction, pushing one boat into the sea wall that remains blocked off. Officials have security there to keep people away.

Exclusive video captured the dramatic moments as the collision was happening.

You hear that captain yelling "I have no control" moments before the boats collide.

There were 95 passengers and 11 faculty members on board the Cornucopia Destiny when it somehow rear-ended the Cornucopia Sundancer, smashing it into the pier.

Seniors from Weehawken High School were celebrating prom on the yacht when it slammed into another docked boat from behind.

Thankfully, no one was injured, but the prom was cut short.

"You never want to hear a captain saying, 'I don't have control.' And next thing you know he crashed into the other boat in front of it, which pushed it, it was just going, it ended up jumping on to the, breaking the sea wall," a student said.

Officials said Friday that the senior class will get another prom. A redo prom will be held June 10 in Weehawken aboard the Spirit of New Jersey.

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Party boat crashes into yacht — with Weehawken prom on board

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HOBOKEN — A marine mishap made the Weehawken prom a memorable one for all the wrong reasons.

Video captured by photographer Matt Stallone showed the party boat Cornucopia Destiny, with the Weehawken High School senior prom on board, crashing into the smaller yacht named Sundancer, which then hit the pier along the Hudson River.

"First they hit the boat then backed up then rammed it full speed," Stallone wrote on Twitter.

There were 95 students and 11 faculty members on board the boat, according to News 12 New Jersey .

Weehawken school superintendent Robert R. Zywicki, in a series of messages on his Twitter account , said all the students were fed while still on board, checked by EMS, and taken to the Weehawken Elks Lodge via bus to continue their evening.

"Every effort will be made to hold another prom before graduation," Zywicki wrote in one of his messages.

There was minor damage to both boats and the pier, according to Hoboken Police, who are investigating the cause of the crash.

The Hoboken Fire Department, Hoboken Volunteer Ambulance Corps, and New Jersey State Police responded to the scene

Video courtesy Matt Stallone Wedding Photography

Material from the Associated Press was used in this report.

Contact reporter Dan Alexander at [email protected] or via Twitter @DanAlexanderNJ .