Ivory Coast: Two Polish sailors died intoxicated at the port of San Pedro

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Ivory Coast: Two Polish sailors died intoxicated at the port of San Pedro

Posted by The Editors | Saturday, September 26, 2015
By Manuella Yapi

Two members of a Polish crew who left the port of Abidjan for Liberia died Saturday following "food poisoning likely", in the waters of the port of San Pedro (Ivory Coast southwest), according to a source within Port Authority.

The seven crew members "alerted their consignee" (the Bollor? group) Friday for health reasons, once "in the waters of the port of San Pedro," according to our source, who added that " Medical Team "joined them on board to give them care".

According to the testimonies of sailors, they "probably" all been victims of "food poisoning", but "analyzes are underway to determine the real causes" of their malaise.

"Unfortunately two of them died on Saturday. (...) The ship has docked at the port and we created a security perimeter, "he said.

From the port of Abidjan, the crew was going to Liberia on a ship flying the Maltese flag.

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San Pedro / intoxication: two Polish sailors died aboard a boat

September 28, 2015

Two Polish sailors, victims of poisoning, died Saturday aboard the boat "NESRYT" Maltese flag off the port of San Pedro as the crew of 17 sailors were leaving for Liberia with cocoa.

According to a source close to the port of San Pedro, the boat had left the port of Abidjan Friday to Liberia, where the tragedy occurred Saturday around 5H morning.

The commander of the ship issued a distress call to the port authority of San Pedro to report food poisoning of his crew.

The Port Authority of San Pedro sent on board a rescue team that discovered the death of two sailors, a woman and a man, before the arrival of the rescuers.

According to the port source quoting the doctors, the sailor died following a nosebleed and drooled whereas the woman who presented the same symptoms as the man died at about 5H 30.

The commander of the ship wanted, it was explained, to pursue his road with the two deceased. Doctors have instead asked the crew to be placed under observation at the health center "SEMPA" of the port of San Pedro.

Two other sailors in a very bad state, were transferred to intensive care in Abidjan.

A source close to the San Pedro port police suspects, for its part, the inhalation by the crew of a toxic product used in the ship's hold to kill small rodents.

Pending the official cause of this tragedy, the other members of the ship's crew of the NESRYT would be out of danger, it was indicated.

Abidjan911.com with APA


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