Vacation horror as woman is killed and 10 others injured after shuttle bus transporting Carnival Miracle cruise ship passengers crashes into Honolulu terminal

One woman was killed and 10 others injured after a shuttle bus carrying passengers from the Carnival Miracle cruise ship crashed into a Honolulu cruise terminal, Hawaii.

The 68-year-old woman succumbed to her injuries, while her husband, who was also injured, is expected to recover, Carnival Cruise Line senior manager Matt Lupoli said.

The shuttle bus driver, a 57-year-old man, had just dropped off a group of customers at the Pier 2 terminal in Honolulu on Friday morning and was getting out of his vehicle.

He accidentally pressed the accelerator instead of the brakes and collided with two concrete barriers before striking 11 pedestrians, Honolulu police said in a statement.

Friday’s crash follows a series of harrowing incidents involving cruise ships in recent times, including the death of a 20-year-old Florida man who jumped from a Royal Caribbean Cruise ship and the mysterious disappearance of a South Carolina man last week .

“It just kept going and my daughter was screaming, ‘There’s no one driving the bus.’ Then it hits the wall. I was … shocked, quite shocked,” said Linda Reck, who was visiting from Florida

The shuttle bus driver, a 57-year-old man, had just dropped off a group of customers at the Pier 2 terminal in Honolulu on Friday morning and was getting out of his vehicle. He accidentally pressed the accelerator instead of the brakes. Pictured: Passengers and law enforcement agencies at the scene

The Carnival Miracle embarked on a 15-day excursion, departing from Los Angeles, California, on April 6 and scheduled to complete its tour on April 21, according to data on Cruise Mapper.

Friday morning, the driver had just dropped off his passengers at Pier 2 when a bystander told him the vehicle was moving forward, Honolulu police said.

The 57-year-old driver jumped into the driver’s seat and tried to stop the vehicle. But he accidentally pressed the accelerator instead of the brakes.

The bus crashed into two concrete barriers and 11 pedestrians, authorities said. Nine of the people struck by the vehicle were cruise ship passengers.

The 68-year-old woman, whose identity has not yet been released, was taken to a hospital in critical condition and later died. She was traveling with her husband.

Four others, including two men and two women, all in their 50s and 60s, suffered serious injuries. Hawaii News Now reported.

Another visitor, who said she works in an emergency room, told the outlet, “It definitely puts a damper on my vacation.” I deal with this every day… but this is just different’

The bus crashed into two concrete barriers and 11 pedestrians, authorities said. Nine of the people struck by the vehicle were cruise ship passengers

“It just kept going and my daughter was screaming, ‘There’s no one driving the bus.’ Then it hits the wall. I was … shocked, quite shocked,” Linda Reck, who was visiting from Florida, told NBC News.

Another visitor, who said she works in an emergency room, told the outlet, “It definitely puts a damper on my vacation.” I deal with it every day… but this is just different.”

Five pedestrians were transported to hospitals for treatment at the scene, and six pedestrians refused treatment at the scene, Honolulu police said.

Authorities said speed does not appear to be a contributing factor in the collision, and it is unknown whether drugs or alcohol played a role.

‘Members of the Carnival care team assist the guests. Our thoughts are with the affected guests and their loved ones,” Lupoli said.

The harrowing crash occurred less than two weeks after 20-year-old Levion Parker jumped to his death from a Caribbean cruise ship while intoxicated.

The boat had docked in the Dominican Republic the previous day and was 56 miles off the coast of Grand Inagua in the Bahamas when the alarm was raised.

Levion and his brother Seth were chatting with other guests in a hot tub on the 11th deck until 3:30 a.m. on the last night of the four-day cruise

A week later, Edmond Bradley Solomon III, who suffers from the degenerative condition, was reported missing when a Royal Caribbean cruise made a stop in Cozumel, Mexico.

Passenger Deborah Morrison said the crew was “immediately alerted” by the “screaming” that broke out, and that the man’s family seemed “besides themselves”.

The 300-meter ship was stopped after Levion jumped nearly 60 meters from the 11th deck of the 15-deck ship at 4 a.m. on April 4 while it was 91 kilometers off Grand Inagua.

But most of the 4,000 passengers on board only became aware of the tragedy when the captain broke the news the next morning.

A week later, Edmond Bradley Solomon III, who suffers from the degenerative condition, was reported missing when a Royal Caribbean cruise made a stop in Cozumel, Mexico.

Solomon and his wife went to the terminal’s restroom after the ship, the Icon of the Seas, docked, but Solomon has not been seen or heard from by his family since.

The only reported sighting of him came from a taxi driver who said he was hailed by the missing American on the Isla de la Pasión road.

a GoFundMe page has also been set up to assist in the search after the family contacted the U.S. Embassy and Consulate of Mexico City.