Thirty passengers from the cruise ship Freedom of the Seas were injured when their amphibious tour bus ran off the road on the US Virgin Island of St Thomas yesterday.
Most of the injuries were minor, but one person was detained overnight at the Schneider Regional Medical Centre with a suspected broken ankle.
The passengers were among 47 tourists on £40-a-head Pirate Duck Adventure visiting Charlotte Amalie by road with and a water-borne tour of the harbour, Hassel Island and Water Island.
The vehicle is adapted from a second world war DUKW amphibious truck. Similar vehicles run tourist excursions at locations throughout the world, including LondonDuckTours, whose semi-open buses tour the streets and the River Thames.
Freedom of the Seas is on a seven-night Caribbean cruise which left Florida on Monday and is scheduled to return there on Sunday after visiting CocoCay, Bahamas; and Philipsburg, St. Maarten.
About the Author: John Honeywell
John Honeywell is a travel writer specialising in cruise ships and cruise travel. Winner of CLIA UK's Contribution to Cruise award 2017.
Can someone please explain why these types of accident are not reported in the national press of the country where the ship is based? There was not a mention of this in the U.S. papers.
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