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Cruise passengers killed in bus crash
Two passengers on Celebrity Summit have been killed and others injured in a bus crash in the British Virgin Islands.
The bus was carrying 20 passengers when the accident happened on Sunday morning as it drove down the Cane Garden Bay Hill on Tortola, the largest of the islands. No other vehicles were involved.
Celebrity’s parent company Royal Caribbean issued a statement on Twitter saying it was saddened to report the deaths of two Celebrity Summit guests.
It said several others are being treated and the ship’s captain is at the hospital assisting guests and coordinatintg with local officials.
Police said the two victims were found dead at the scene and the driver was uninjured.
An investigation into the cause of the accident is still underway.
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Editor in chief Bev Fearis has been a travel journalist for 25 years. She started her career at Travel Weekly, where she became deputy news editor, before joining Business Traveller as deputy editor and launching the magazine’s website. She has also written travel features, news and expert comment for the Guardian, Observer, Times, Telegraph, Boundless and other consumer titles and was named one of the top 50 UK travel journalists by the Press Gazette.
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