Overview
- Contestant Stavros Floros, 21, suffered a partial amputation of his left leg and serious injury to his right ankle when a tourist boat’s propeller hit him off Saona Island during a break from filming.
- He received intensive care in the Dominican Republic and is awake and described as out of danger by the show’s official channels.
- AcunMedya paused filming and Greek broadcaster SKAI suspended the show’s broadcast while authorities and the production review the incident.
- The production said an air transfer to a specialized medical center in the United States is under consideration.
- NDTV reported he was spearfishing without a surface marker buoy in waters busy with tourist boats, a detail now drawing scrutiny in the inquiry.