A Carnival passenger is in critical condition after falling off a railing

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A Carnival passenger is in critical condition after falling off a railing

Carnival Valor ship in Grand Cayman

(AP Photo/J Pat Carte

Carnival Cruise Line's Carnival Valor cruise ship.

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A Carnival Cruise Line passenger is in critical condition after falling on the Carnival Valor cruise ship, the US Coast Guard said in a press release on Tuesday.

The 23-year-old male passenger suffered "multiple significant injuries," from the fall, the Coast Guard said. He was sitting on a railing on one deck and fell backward onto a lower deck, a Carnival representative told Business Insider. The New York Daily News reported that the passenger fell a total of 16 feet.

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The accident occurred while the ship was sailing off the coast of Louisiana, the Coast Guard said. A MH-65 Dolphin helicopter took the passenger to New Orleans University Medical Hospital early Tuesday morning.

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