WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) - Authorities say a man has died after falling aboard a cruise ship traveling from Florida to the Bahamas.
U.S. Coast Guard spokesman John Lally says the man fell Friday evening aboard the Bahamas Paradise Cruise Line's Grand Classica.
The 1,680-passenger ship was sailing from the Port of Palm Beach to Freeport in the Bahamas.
In a Palm Beach Post report , Lally said Coast Guard crews met the ship about 13 miles east of port and brought the man back to shore.
Lally said the man was pronounced dead at a Florida hospital. Neither the man's name nor hometown was immediately released.
In a statement, the cruise line said the ship continued to Grand Bahama Island after a passenger was evacuated "due to a medical emergency."
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Information from: The Palm Beach (Fla.) Post, http://www.pbpost.com
