Boat capsizes near Statue of Liberty, killing woman and child

A woman and a 5-month-old baby died after a boat capsized near Liberty Island in the New York Harbor Saturday night.

Twelve people were rescued from the water after a large search and rescue operation, police say.

The vessel, a 22-foot bowrider motorboat, was overloaded with 14 people on board, NYPD sources told The Post.

A woman and an infant are dead after a 22 -foot-boat loaded with 14 people capsized in the New York Harbor near the Statue of Liberty late Saturday night.

Manuel Hernandez, a 46-year-old Manhattan resident, faces 13 counts of reckless endangerment after the motorboat he operated capsized in New York Harbor late Saturday, killing a 27-year-old woman and a 5-month-old girl. The victims were pulled from the water by police divers and pronounced dead at NYU Langone Hospital—