Another American cruise passenger dies in Belize road accident

Tuesday, 02 Dec, 2019 0

Just a day after two American cruise passengers died in a road traffic accident in Belize, another has passed away in a separate incident.

Carolyn Moxley Gillis, 77, was flung from a vehicle after it blew a tire and flipped over several times.

It was claimed she was not wearing a seat belt.

She was traveling with three generations of her family on a private Belize tour who all suffered minor injuries.

The group were sailing on Royal Caribbean’s Liberty of the Seas .

Like the Carnival Cruise Line passengers who were killed earlier in a head-on collision with a SUV, Gillis is also a North Texas resident.

Joseph Myvett, head of tye Belize National Crime Investigation Branch said the family were traveling to Notrth Belize on a day tour.

Myvett said the driver has been served with a ‘notice of intended prosecution.’

The driver is currently in hospital in a stable condition.



 

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