Thirty-six passengers from Royal Caribbean's Freedom of the Seas got the scare of their lives when the tour bus they were on in St. Martin plunged into a ditch Thursday morning. None were seriously injured, though several were taken to a local hospital.
The cruise passengers were on a Royal Caribbean-sponsored visit to Loterie Farm for a treetop ropes course and zipline adventure when the accident occurred. Though the ship docks in Philipsburg, St. Maarten, the excursion itself is located in St. Martin. Both St. Martin and St. Maarten are located on the same island, though the first is French and the latter Dutch.
Six passengers -- all from the U.S. -- along with the bus driver, were injured, a Royal Caribbean spokeswoman told Cruise Critic. The majority of the injuries were minor, with the most serious being a broken wrist. Most of the injured sustained "bumps and bruises," the spokeswoman said.
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