Tour boat capsizes inside cave along the Erie Canal in Upstate New York

A tour boat capsized Monday in an underground cave along the Erie Canal in Upstate New York, police said.

The boat that capsized was carrying passengers through a series of caves in a section of the Erie Canal in Lockport, near Niagara Falls at the U.S.-Canadian border. Officials have not shared how many passengers were on board during the incident or if there were any serious injuries.

"Lockport police and fire departments, as well as several other agencies, are currently working to assist parties that were on a boat that capsized in the Lockport Cave Tours,"  the Lockport Police Department said in a statement shared to its Facebook page at at around 12:20 p.m. on Monday.