Passenger on Infected Ship Dies; Autopsy Data Awaited
A 68-year-old bus driver who was a passenger on a cruise ship where Legionnaire’s disease bacteria was found has died, an apparent victim of the deadly infection, an official said Saturday.
Pasquale Cantone died Friday, a week after being admitted to a hospital near his home on Long Island with “a pneumonia-like condition,” said Ted Shiebler, the hospital administrator.
An autopsy was performed but the results will not be known for about two weeks, Shiebler said. If confirmed as Legionnaire’s disease, it would be the first death from the cruise ship infections.
At least four other passengers from the Celebrity Lines cruise ship Horizon have been confirmed to be suffering from the disease.
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