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Carnival Confirms Two Deaths Days Apart, Including Overboard on Liberty

Back-to-back fatalities linked to a Carnival voyage have prompted formal inquiries into shipboard and port safety.

PORT CANAVERAL, FLORIDA, UNITED STATES - 2021/05/12: The Carnival Liberty cruise ship is seen after docking to allow crew members to receive the COVID-19 vaccine at Port Canaveral, the first U.S. port to sponsor COVID-19 vaccine distribution to port workers and vessel crew members. After all sailings were suspended in March 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic, the ship docked at the port to enable 109 crew members to be vaccinated at the one-day clinic in preparation for the expected resumption of cruises in July 2021. (Photo by Paul Hennessy/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)
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Overview

  • Carnival said a male guest on the Carnival Liberty went overboard during a leg from Celebration Key to Nassau, and crew retrieved him from the water but he did not survive.
  • Separately, on May 9 a female passenger using a mobility scooter went off a pier at Celebration Key in the Bahamas, was pulled from the water by crew, and later died.
  • The Royal Bahamas Police Force opened an inquiry into the pier incident, scheduled an autopsy, and authorities have not issued a final cause of death.
  • Witness accounts and initial police statements differ on what led to the scooter fall, with one passenger citing a possible medical emergency and police noting suspected head trauma against the ship’s hull.
  • Both sailings included stops at Celebration Key, Carnival’s private island destination, and the company says it is supporting the families as investigators review the circumstances.