On the ship Harmony of the Seas Florida company Royal Caribbean killed the teenager.
According to preliminary information, 16-year-old Lorraine Mercer was trying to get into his quarters via the balcony nearby, and fell down from the 8th deck right on the pier. (The liner at this time made a stop in Haiti.)
Harmony of the Seas — here of the biggest ships in the world. Source: Flickr
«The doctors of the ship rushed to the dock and tried to revive 16-year-old Laurent Mercier, but the guy’s got a serious head injury. To save him failed, — said in a statement, Royal Caribbean. We are saddened by the loss of our guest in this tragic incident.»
It is known that Laurent was vacationing on the ship with his family.
The Haitian authorities qualified the incident as an accident. The body of a teenager was referred for a forensic medical examination in Port Everglades (FL).
«I saw how it happened. He fell directly on the concrete pier. The staff of the ship acted very quickly, but I’m pretty sure the guy died instantly,» says the passenger liner Jacqueline Sironi.
Harmony of the Seas («Harmony of the seas») is one of the biggest ships in the world. It can accommodate 5 479 2 193 passengers and crew members.
The last time Royal Caribbean has failed and tragic accident.
So, last week almost 300 people on Oasis of the Seas have picked up a gastrointestinal virus, causing the liner the day before returned from the cruise. All passengers were fully compensated for the cost of the cruise.
And at Christmas 20-year-old crew member of one of the ships company fell (or jumped) overboard when the ship departed from Fort Lauderdale. The guy’s body was never found.
