The pilot got out of the water safely, police also said. The pilot, who was alone on the helicopter, suffered non-life-threatening injuries, CBS 2 reported. A person on the ground near the dock was hurt after being struck by flying debris, the station also said.
Those injuries were also non-life-threatening.
The crash occurred near the recently opened Hudson Yards development, which is almost directly across the river from Jersey City Heights and Hoboken.
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