Court hears Concordia death details

The Italian court trying the captain of the Costa Concordia has heard grim details of how the 32 victims of the shipwreck drowned, some after diving or falling into the sea from the capsized cruise liner when lifeboats were no longer accessible.

A court official read out the names of the dead passengers and crew members, and described how each one died, quoting verbatim from the indictment of the Concordia’s captain, Francesco Schettino. The veteran Italian mariner is the sole defendant in the trial in the Tuscan town of Grosseto.