Injured in crash, South Florida couple credit journey insurance coverage with getting them again house

MIAMI – Cheryl Robinson was set to sail along with her husband in early November on the Sirena by Oceania Cruises however they by no means made it.

The shuttle that got here as part of the cruise bundle, she says, stopped in the course of the freeway twice. The second time it occurred, the shuttle was rear-ended by a semi. 

“The sound is nothing you’ve got ever heard like a constructing crashing down on you,” mentioned Robinson. 

The recollections are vivid, they usually nonetheless replay in her thoughts continuously. A number of individuals had been injured within the crash, one particular person died.

“Watching somebody lose their life proper in entrance of your eyes is traumatic,” Robinson recalled.

After the crash, Robinson was taken to a hospital a number of miles away from her husband. She credit the US Embassy and her journey insurance coverage for getting them again collectively and finally again to the States.

It is precisely what Triple-A spokesperson Andre El Khouri says each traveler ought to put money into. 

“Journey insurance coverage shouldn’t be solely going to pay in your journey in case your journey will get canceled but in addition it should cowl for medical funds.”

Robinson’s husband wanted emergency surgical procedure and he or she was wheelchair-bound. Each have intensive accidents they’re being handled for.  

Robinson has been in touch with Oceania Cruises however at this level has been given no compensation or clarification concerning this incident.

CBS Information Miami reached out to Oceania Cruises for remark we have not heard again.