Passenger Dies Following Fall While Disembarking Princess Cruise Ship in Bonaire

A newspaper in Connecticut is reporting that a 59 year old passenger fell while disembarking a Princess cruise ship in a Caribbean port and injured his neck. After being flown by air ambulance to Miami, the passengers died due to complications during surgery. The incident occurred on December 14, 2010, when Timothy Scheibel sailed with his wife to the island of Bonaire on a cruise ship operated by Princess Cruises of Santa Clarita, California. Although the name of the cruise ship is not revealed, it appears that the Scheibels were sailing aboard the Emerald Princess. This is the third death this week involving passengers falling on or from cruise ships, one yesterday involving the MSC Orchestra and one last weekend involving the Sea Princess. The Scheibels resided in a retirement / golf community in central Florida called "The Villages," having relocated from Connecticut to Florida in 2004. Mr. Scheibel worked as a financial adviser. The cruise was to celebrate Mr. Scheibels' 60th birthday. December 23, 2010 Update: We received a comment (below) from Princess Cruises indicating that the passenger fell "ashore in Bonaire," not while disembarking the cruise ship. The story we linked to above reports that the accident occurred "while stepping off a cruise ship . . . while the ship was docked at the island of Bonaire . . . " We apologize for the erroneous information if the accident occurred ashore as Princess clarifies. Photo credit: Cruise Critic (cherylandtk)

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