Bloomberg:
Today, the ship’s captain, Schettino, was detained and accused of manslaughter, shipwreck and abandoning ship, Italy’s Ansa news service reported, citing Francesco Verusio, the prosecutor in the city of Grosseto.
The accident was due to a “reckless maneuver” as the ship was too close to the island, Ansa reported, citing Verusio. A Costa Crociere spokesman didn’t answer calls to his mobile phone and didn’t respond to a text message by Bloomberg News seeking a comment on the Ansa report.
Which may or may not be true, Italian news agencies print first, verify later.