Horror scenes as Jose Sandoval Opazo killed aboard Carnival Ecstasy, blood pours from lift
HORRIFIC images have emerged from a cruise ship, with distraught passengers filming blood pouring out of a lift. WARNING: Graphic.
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CRUISE ship passengers have filmed blood pouring from an elevator in real-life scenes from The Shining after an horrific accident which left an electrician dead.
Jose Sandoval Opazo, 66, was killed on Sunday evening while working aboard the Carnival Ecstasy, which was on the final leg of a three-day trip out of Miami.
The cause of the accident is still unclear and Miami Dade police are investigating.
Passenger Matt Davis filmed the shocking footage of a sheet of blood running down the front of the elevator on the ship’s 10th floor as he and his family were heading to dinner.
“I’d describe it as the nightmare after Christmas,” he told Fox 4. “To look and see the elevator with blood coming down like a sheet, and not stopping. It was a real-life scene of The Shining.”
Mr Davis and his wife told the news station it “sounded like a rainstorm”, and they could “smell the blood”. “No that can’t be right,” a man says in the video. “No. That’s not possible.”
He said there appeared to be another man working inside the lift, who “ran through the blood that was coming down” to get out.
“One of the crew people from Carnival was trying to get people to go back towards the restaurant,” Mr Davis said.
A crew member can be heard asking in the video: “Come inside please ... A man was working on the elevator up there.”
Forty-five minutes later, the area was sectioned off with the elevator covered in a white sheet, and a sign reading: “Sorry, but I’m not working at the moment.”
Mr Davis added: “A crew member, somebody was inside, behind that wall when the elevator came down. I don’t know what happened in there but something terrifying happened. I couldn’t wait to get off the ship.”
Carnival spokeswoman Jayme Eglin told news.com.au: “At approximately 6.15pm US eastern time on Sunday, December 27, a crew member on board the Carnival Ecstasy died while working on an elevator.
“The company extends its heartfelt sympathy to the family and loved ones of our team member. Our CareTeam is providing support. Appropriate authorities have been notified and a full investigation into the cause of the accident is underway.”
Carnival has offered to pay for three counselling sessions for the Davis family.
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