Five die in Canaries cruise ship accident

Five people have been killed and three were injured after a lifeboat fell into the sea off a cruise ship that was tied up at the port of Santa Cruz in the Canary Islands.

Citing the islands’ Emergency and Security Coordination Centre, a Spanish government statement said rescue personnel were called to the dockside after “a lifeboat with occupants had fallen overboard from a cruise ship docked at the pier of Santa Cruz port in La Palma”.