The Carnival Glory and Carnival Legend collided on the morning of Dec 20th, while at port in Cozumel, Mexico, leaving six passengers injured, reports CNN.
Deck gets crushed
Eyewitness video of the aftermath shows a portion of the Carnival Glory’s deck was left crushed.
“Carnival Glory was maneuvering to dock when it made contact with Carnival Legend which was already alongside,” a spokesperson for the company wrote in an emailed statement.
“We are assessing the damage but there are no issues that impact the seaworthiness of either ship.”
Six passengers injured
Initially, there was only one reported minor injury of a Carnival Glory guest that occurred when a group was being evacuated from the dining room of one ship’s decks 3 and 4.
But the cruise line said that since its preliminary evaluation, six guests with minor injuries “have presented themselves to the Carnival Glory medical center for evaluation.”
Makenna Morris, 21, from Salt Lake City, Utah, said that she was on the fourth deck of the Carnival Legend taking pictures when she noticed the Carnival Glory moving toward her ship.
She said that as the Carnival Glory approached, she could hear passengers screaming as they prepared for the impact.
“I started hearing people yelling and screaming on the Royal Caribbean,” Morris told. “That’s when I heard sounds of cracking and glass breaking.”
Morris also recalled hearing what sounded like scraping as the Carnival Glory made impact with the Carnival Legend.
“They ran into us and I was like ‘holy crap’,” Morris said. “The whole dining hall caved in and shattered.”
Passengers stay ashore
Eight ships from various cruise lines were scheduled to dock at the Port of Cozumel on Friday.
The Carnival Glory, which left its home port in New Orleans on Sunday, was scheduled to dock in the port at 10 a.m Friday, while the Carnival Legend was scheduled to dock at 8 a.m.
The ships’ passengers have been advised to spend their day ashore in Cozumel.
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