Chief and Second Officers hit by trailer, one died another hospitalized, Salerno

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Tragic accident occurred on board of ferry CARTOUR DELTA at Salerno Italy, in the morning Sep 14, during cargo operations. Chief and Second officers were hit by trailer truck, when trailer broke free from one of lashing points, and rolled on. Second Officer died on the spot, Chief Officer was hospitalized with serious injures. CARTOUR DELTA is serving Salerno – Messina route.
Passenger ro-ro ship CARTOUR DELTA, IMO 9539042, GT 26450, built 2010, flag Italy, operator CARONTE & TOURIST SPA.

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My name is Mikhail Voytenko, I’m Russian, professional merchant marine navigator, by education and former experience. I own and run Maritime Bulletin website for more than 10 years. I've been involved in solving a number of piracy hijack cases, including the hijack of ro-ro FAINA, loaded with tanks. It was me who made public, and unravel, freighter ARCTIC SEA mystery. I've been also closely involved in a number of maritime disaster, one of them being MSC FLAMINIA major fire.