Freak accident injures cruise passenger in Fort Lauderdale
An exploding carbon dioxide canister injured a cruise ship passenger at Port Everglades on Sunday, the Broward Sheriff's Office said.
The accident happened at about 10 a.m. in the 2000 block of Eller Drive when a worker threw a fire extinguisher into the back of a truck. The extinguisher exploded, shot out the truck's window and hit a passenger getting off a cruise ship, knocking him to the ground, BSO said.
Paramedics took the passenger to Broward General Medical Center in Fort Lauderdale with non-life-threatening injuries.
A second container exploded about a half hour later when a crew member aboard a ship was unloading a carbon dioxide canister. The nozzle was jostled and the canister exploded out of his arms. No one was hurt in that incident, BSO said.
