Coast Guard suspends search for Ga. man who fell from cruise ship
The U.S. Coast Guard has suspended its search for a 24-year-old Warner Robins man who went overboard early Monday on a cruise near the Bahamas.
#BreakingNews @USCG suspends search for missing cruise ship passenger near Bahamas. Read more at https://t.co/2jseyN8zmB
— USCGSoutheast (@USCGSoutheast) February 15, 2017
Surveillance video on the Carnival Elation showed Kevin Wellons, who was on a cruise with his wife, “going overboard from the 11th deck,” according to a news release from the coast guard.
Wellons’ wife reported him missing about 8:30 a.m. after the ship docked in Nassau, the newspaper reported.
#BreakingNews Missing from the Carnival Elation cruise ship is Kevin Wellons, 24, from Warner Robins, GA.
— USCGSoutheast (@USCGSoutheast) February 14, 2017
Authorities believe Wellons fell off the ship about six hours before his wife reported him missing, according to a news release from the U.S. Coast Guard.
