Greek island ferry captain charged over death of passenger pushed into sea

The ferry Blue Horizon in dock in 2018 (Thanassis Stavrakis/AP)

A Greek prosecutor brought criminal charges on Wednesday against an island ferry captain and three of his crew, over the death of a passenger who was pushed into the sea by a crew member as he tried to board the departing vessel in Greece’s main port of Piraeus.

One crew member was charged with homicide with possible intent, and the other two with complicity, while the captain was charged with severe breaches of shipping regulations, state-run ERT television reported.