NewsWhore
04-20-2010, 12:20 PM
None of the three women who died when the small boat they were traveling in from Isla Saona to Bayahibe capsized were wearing life jackets, as reported in Diario Libre. Tourists are obliged to wear the life jackets when traveling on these excursions. But why the locals were not wearing the life jackets has not been explained.
The other seven people on the boat were rescued by the Navy. The boat captain survived along with the Russian and Italian tourists, who were wearing the lifejackets.
The victims, who were named as Antonia Perez de Aza, Luisa Esther Vicioso and Luisa Milagros Ortiz, worked on the beach making braids, giving massages and selling trinkets to tourists, as reported in Diario Libre
The director of the Seismological Institute Eugenio Polanco said that the accident may not have been related to Sunday's earthquake, but said this would be determined once the precise time is confirmed. The earthquake occurred at 4:17pm.
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The other seven people on the boat were rescued by the Navy. The boat captain survived along with the Russian and Italian tourists, who were wearing the lifejackets.
The victims, who were named as Antonia Perez de Aza, Luisa Esther Vicioso and Luisa Milagros Ortiz, worked on the beach making braids, giving massages and selling trinkets to tourists, as reported in Diario Libre
The director of the Seismological Institute Eugenio Polanco said that the accident may not have been related to Sunday's earthquake, but said this would be determined once the precise time is confirmed. The earthquake occurred at 4:17pm.
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#12)