The excursion boat overturned near the islet of Glavat, which lies between Lastovo and Mljet. Witnesses who were the first to arrive at the scene of the accident said that the main culprit for the accident was the high waves, reports hrt.hr.
The dead crew chief was allegedly a Croatian citizen, and the passengers were foreigners, reports dubrovackidnevnik.hr. It is a boat that ran every day between Pelješac and Mljet.
“The captain of the boat, who was also its owner, was on the way from Mljet to Pelješac with nine passengers, when at 4:00 p.m. the boat capsized in front of the islet of Glavat. Then the passengers and the captain jumped into the water. Part of the passengers rafted to on land, and part remained in the sea, where they were rescued by rescuers and divers. Unfortunately, one person had a head injury, she returned to the boat and did not try to swim again, other rescuers told us.” he explained to hrt.hr Mato Kekezthe port captain.
He was responsible for saving people Maria Orlandini. “I saved the passengers and pulled the body of the captain, a man I had known for 20 years, out of the water,” Orlandini told the aforementioned portal. He added that the ship was caught by a large wave and overturned. “Fortunately, we saved nine of them, one of whom is a small child, five years old. People are in shock, but he is alive. Unfortunately, the captain did not survive,” Orlandini explained to the Croatian web portal dalmacijadanas.hr.
