NEW YORK (AP) — Prosecutors will unseal an indictment against the captain and pilot in last year's Staten Island ferry crash on charges that include 11 counts of manslaughter, law enforcement sources said Tuesday.

Richard Smith, an assistant captain who piloted the Staten Island ferry that crashed last year and killed 11 people, is expected to plead guilty Wednesday, when prosecutors announce the results of their 10-month investigation.

Smith is scheduled to enter a guilty plea in federal court in Brooklyn, according to the calendar for Chief Judge Edward Korman.

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In addition to Smith, the indictment names Michael Gansas — the ferry's captain — and other ferry personnel as defendants, law enforcement sources said. A physician who treated Smith before the accident also faces charges, said one of the sources.

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