Greek Ferry Captain, 3 Seamen Charged Over Death of Tardy Passenger Pushed Into Sea by Crew Member

Greek Ferry Captain, 3 Seamen Charged Over Death of Tardy Passenger Pushed Into Sea by Crew Member
The ferry boat Blue Horizon is docked during seamen's unions strike at the port of Piraeus near Athens, Greece, on Sept. 3, 2018. Thanassis Stavrakis/AP Photo
The Associated Press
Updated:
0:00

ATHENS, Greece—A Greek prosecutor brought criminal charges Wednesday against an island ferry captain and three of his crew over the death of a tardy passenger whom a crew member pushed into the sea as he tried to board the departing vessel in Greece’s main port of Piraeus.

One crew member was charged with homicide with possible intent, and the other two with complicity, while the captain was charged with severe breaches of shipping regulations, state-run ERT television reported.