Amid a sudden burst of heavy rain that scurried south from the Manhattan skyline, the circuit around the Brooklyn Cruise Terminal quickly became saturated with water - creating treacherous conditions and building a puddle at Turn 6.
Cassidy then splashed through the puddle and aquaplaned, spilling his Envision car into the barriers at a vast rate of knots - with Lucas di Grassi and Stoffel Vandoorne following him into the barrier.
