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US cruise passengers collide on jetskis, one dead in Caymans
A US cruise ship passenger has died in a watercraft collision in the Cayman Island after being hit by another tourist.
The Royal Cayman Islands Police Service named the dead man as Robert Cole, 31, of Virginia who was thrown from the rented jetski after colliding with another ridden by a 15-year old from New York.
Police said Cole was a pasenger on the Carnival Conquest cruise ship and the accident happened at Grand Cayman’s main tourist beachfront at Seven Mile Beach.
Carnival Cruise Line spokeswoman Jennifer de la Cruz said Cole and a female companion, named as Amy Comer, had independently rented the jetski and were not on a shore excursion booked through Carnival.
The 15-year old suffered minor injuries which were treated at the scene.
The boy was also a cruise passenger, traveling with his family aboard the Carnival Paradise.
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