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Two Cruise Passengers Seriously Injured on the Norwegian Breakaway

By Jim Walker on November 5, 2013

Norwegian Breakaway Cruise ShipA local CBS news station is reporting that two cruise passengers were seriously injured on a cruise ship that has docked at Port Canaveral, Florida.

The news station says that a man suffered a neck injury and a woman in her 70s suffered some type of fracture while aboard the Norwegian Breakaway.

The Orlando Sentinel also reports that the Brevard County Fire Rescue is involved responding to the injuries.  Crews responded to terminal six at Port Canaveral for a man with a neck injury around noon, according to the Fire Rescue’s Twitter page. Twenty minutes later, officials issued a trauma alert for another patient – a woman in her 70’s with a fracture. 

It is believed that both men are passengers.

The Breakaway is home ported in Manhattan and makes includes Port Canaveral as a port. 

 

Photo Credit: Wikipedia (Dickelbers)

  • Posted in:
    Admiralty and Maritime
  • Blog:
    Cruise Law News
  • Organization:
    Walker & O'Neill, P.A.
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