Chirac Urges Inquiry as Ship Accident Toll Rises
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As the death toll from the gangway collapse on the Queen Mary 2 cruise ship rose to 15, French President Jacques Chirac urged a rapid investigation into what he called “an incomprehensible tragedy.”
Prosecutors launched a judicial inquiry against “unknown persons” on charges of manslaughter and involuntary injury in Saturday’s accident, which sent visitors to the world’s largest cruise ship plunging at least 50 feet to the bottom of a dry dock in the town of Saint Nazaire.
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