Two passengers vacationing on an American Carnival Cruise Line drowned in the Bahamas on Friday in what officials described as separate incidents, according to reports.
The victims were identified as a 74-year-old woman and a 79-year-old man, NBC News reported. One of them was “sailing with family on Mardi Gras” and the other was “sailing with family on Carnival Elation,” Carnival said in a statement.
“According to the initial report, the male became unresponsive while snorkeling at a beach,” police said in a statement sent to the outlet. “A lifeguard assisted him from the water, and CPR was administered, but to no avail.”
Shortly after 2:30 p.m., officers found an unresponsive 74-year-old woman aboard another commercial vessel, according to police.
The woman became unresponsive whil