Drone crashes into Boston Celtics watch party on NBA’s opening night, several injured

Bostonians who gathered astatine City Hall Plaza connected Tuesday nighttime to ticker the Boston Celtics’ opening nighttime ticker enactment and further observe the team’s caller NBA Championship were greeted by a falling drone that injured immoderate and sent astatine slightest 1 idiosyncratic to the hospital.

Boston constabulary accidental astatine slightest 3 radical sustained non-life-threatening injuries from a falling drone extracurricular the plaza astir 7:30 p.m., conscionable arsenic the Celtics were tipping disconnected against the New York Knicks.

Yousef Kobeissi, who was deed by the drone, told Boston 25 that it sounded similar "a banging sound" erstwhile the drone crashed into them.

"I perceive a large sound, sounds similar a banging sound, abruptly I consciousness thing deed my caput close present a sharp, I was initially precise frightened due to the fact that determination was a large dependable and past felt thing crisp deed my caput and past I perceive the pistillate adjacent to maine shriek and it seems similar she was going to fall," Kobeissi said.

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A drone reportedly flew into a assemblage of Boston Celtics fans Tuesday nighttime astatine an outdoor party. (Jens Büttner/picture confederation via Getty Images)

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One pistillate was taken distant connected a stretcher aft getting struck by the drone, witnesses told Boston 25.

"For similar an hr and a fractional I was lasting successful daze I was like, ‘Oh my gosh’," said Derek Scrima, who claimed the drone chopped 2 of his fingers erstwhile it slammed down.

The Larry O'Brien Championship Trophy is connected show with the Boston Celtics Championship rings anterior to the crippled against the New York Knicks astatine TD Garden connected October 22, 2024 successful Boston, Massachusetts. 

"I was wholly caught disconnected guard, it was scary due to the fact that my caput was similar I could person conscionable got my 2 fingers chopped off," Scrima said.

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TNT, which carried the crippled Tuesday night, issued a connection aft the incident.

"Unfortunately, determination was an incidental involving a drone and fans attending tonight’s event. On-site aesculapian and information unit instantly attended to the situation. We are presently investigating further and privation each progressive well," the web stated successful a release.

Glen Davis #11 of the Boston Celtics listens to (L) Head Coach Doc Rivers successful Game Four of the Eastern Conference Quarterfinals against the Chicago Bulls during the 2009 NBA Playoffs astatine the United Center connected April 26, 2009 successful Chicago, Illinois. (Gary Dineen/NBAE via Getty Images)

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Tuesday was the opening nighttime of the 2024-25 NBA season. The Celtics won past season’s NBA rubric successful 5 games implicit the Dallas Mavericks.

The Celtics person won a league-record 18 championships. Prior to Tuesday night’s tipoff, the Celtics celebrated past season’s squad with a ringing ceremonial and raising of different banner.

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