A 22-foot bowrider capsized near Liberty Island in New York Harbor Saturday night, killing an adult female and an infant, who were pulled from the water by NYPD divers.

Manuel Hernandez, the boat's 46-year-old captain, was arrested on reckless endangerment charges and also charged in federal court with two counts of misconduct and neglect.

NEW YORK (AP) — The operator of a boat that capsized in New York Harbor, killing a mother and her infant daughter, is facing criminal charges and authorities are investigating whether the vessel was ...

The 46-year-old was arrested after a Coast Guard investigation into the Aug. 8 crash that left a mother and her 5-month-old daughter dead ...

Manuel Ernesto Hernandez-Umana was illegally in the U.S., DHS said.

The captain of a boat that capsized in New York Harbor earlier this month, killing a baby and her mother, has been detained by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement, authorities said.

Twelve people were rescued from the water before police arrived at the scene, according to the Coast Guard. Police divers later found the 27-year-old woman and her infant daughter in the water.

The New York City Fire Department confirmed that over a dozen people were rescued from the water after the vessel overturned on Saturday, Aug. 8 ...

Immigration officials allege the boat operator illegally entered the US from El Salvador and lied about his citizenship.

Federal authorities will seek to deport Manuel Ernesto Hernandez-Umana, claiming he lied to cross the southern border in 2017.

Prosecutors allege Manuel Hernandez was illegally operating the boat at the time of the accident. The Department of Homeland Security said he is in the U.S. illegally.

In a statement to Global News, the NYPD said police received a 911 call reporting an overturned vessel in the vicinity of Liberty Island on Saturday at 10:25 p.m. local time.