January 26, 2012
Bus accident in US Virgin Islands injures 13
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Authorities say a tourist bus has collided with a parked vehicle in the U.S. Virgin Islands, injuring at least 13 cruise ship passengers.
Tourist Department spokeswoman Allegra Kean-Moorehead says one female passenger was hospitalized for a hip fracture while 12 others were released after being treated.
She says all were passengers of the Serenade of the Seas cruise ship that docked Friday in St. Thomas. Their nationalities were not immediately clear.
She says the Royal Caribbean ship is expected to depart late Friday without the injured passenger.
Police spokeswoman Melody Rames said the group was on one of the open-air “safari buses” on a steep road near the island’s scenic Beacon Point
