Man dies after throwing himself off ferry in Alicante
Friday, January 25, 2013 @ 10:02 AM
A passenger on a ferry operating the Alicante-Orán (Algeria) line died on Wednesday night after throwing himself off the boat and onto the dock after being cooped up on board for 24 hours without setting sail because of the adverse weather conditions.The incident occurred around 22.30 hours amidst an atmosphere of tension and unrest, during which some of the 890 passengers being held on board the ferry had started throwing objects overboard and onto the mooring in protest at the fact that they had not set sail, despite having boarded the ferry over 24 hours earlier.Sources confirmed that police had already been called to the scene to try to calm things down, but no-one was arrested and there were no further incidents. The victim was a 36-year-old French citizen of Algerian decent who was returning to Algeria because his father had died. He allegedy threw himself off the ferry's lower deck in an attempt to get back onto land, miscalculated the jump and landed headfirst on the dock after falling over seven metres.
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