He didn't wait for the bridge to open and crashed violently into the structure with his boat

In Zaandam, the Netherlands, a skipper failed to wait for the Coenbrug bridge to open fully and crashed violently into the structure with his boat. The footage shows the full force of the impact and the resulting damage. The boat was seriously damaged and clearly out of commission for quite some time. It was a valuable lesson in patience that this skipper won’t soon forget.