Two arrests following young sailor’s death

[Intime News]

Port authorities successful Piraeus person arrested the skipper and the archetypal technologist of the Blue Star Chios ferry, pursuing the fatal wounded of a 20-year-old sailor.

The two men person been accused of negligent homicide and were taken to the prosecutor’s office.

The deceased unit member, employed arsenic an motor country cleaner, became trapped successful a watertight sliding doorway connected the ground-floor store of the vessel while it was astatine sea.

Upon accomplishment astatine the larboard of Piraeus, the 20-year-old was transported to the Tzaneio General Hospital successful Piraeus by an ambulance, where helium was pronounced dead.

The Central Port Authority of Piraeus is conducting a preliminary investigation.

Greek seafarers’ unions PEMEN, representing the ship’s crew, and Stephenson, representing marine engineers, announced a 24-hour strike connected the vessel starting Wednesday and continuing until 11 a.m. connected Thursday.