A bridge worker had a lucky escape when a yacht ripped his control room off a bridge in Sint Maarten on Sunday (December 6).<br /><br />Eyewitness video shows the moment the near 86m-long Feadship-built superyacht Ecstasea, which was first owned by Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich, crashed into a bridge in Simpson Bay Lagoon.<br /><br />During the 3:00 pm bridge opening, an open observation platform on the Ecstasea tore into the structure, forcing the booth to fall into the water below.<br /><br />Superyachts captain Tim Jones captured the dramatic moment of impact and posting the footage to Facebook, Jones captioned it: "So I decided to go to the St Maarten yacht club for a quiet lunch, Then this happened!"<br /><br />He told Newsflare: "The yacht was struggling to get a straight line through the bridge and the bow door took out the bridge operators booth.<br /><br />"I was watching the yacht come in and I could see the bow moving from side to side far too much, I got my camera out because I thought they might hit and the did. Big time."<br /><br />Fortunately, no one was harmed and the bridge remains fully functional.<br /><br />The island, known as St. Martin in English, is divided between French Saint-Martin and Dutch Sint Maarten.
