Tanker Deaths Still Under Investigation

The Bahamian press reports that the two bodies retrieved from the Aegean Angel are expected to be handed over to Greek authorities by next week once Bahamian police have conducted their preliminary inquiries.

Following the two tragic deaths aboard the boat, a Cypriot national was brought to Bermuda five days ago via a US Coast Guard helicopter. He is resting on a general ward at King Edward Memorial Hospital, and listed as ‘stable’ as of 4:30pm today [Jan 7]. The Cypriot press previously reported that his father planned to fly to Bermuda to be with his son.

He, along with two others, went on deck to check the ship’s condition after going through severe weather and were hit by a large wave.

The ship’s Captain Demetrios Bozonis and First Engineer Athanasios Papageorgiou, both from Greece, were tragically killed in the incident which occurred on December 30, 2010.

Freeport News quotes a Bahamian police officer as saying it is unclear whether an autopsy of the two bodies which were taken to the morgue, will be conducted at this point. He noted that after the bodies were retrieved from the tanker, the vessel was free to continue on its journey. The vessel reportedly re-mained in waters off Grand Bahama until late yesterday. They also state that the duty officer said that the crew would have preserved the bodies of the deceased until they came into port.

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