A teenager has drowned on her first day of work after falling from a boat.
Anna Chiti, 17, had just started a new role on board a catamaran.
The girl was on probation with a tourist company, which manages trips across the water.
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Anna left the dock with the catamaran’s captain on the morning of 17 May.
She is believed to have been assisting with a manoeuvre which was complicated by strong winds when she tried to jump to shore and fell into the water, as reported by Need To Know.
She was holding onto a rope at the time which became tangled up in her arms and the propeller.
The captain immediately dived into the water in an attempt to rescue Anna but couldn’t get her free.
Within minutes, a helicopter arrived carrying divers from the local fire and rescue service.
They managed to cut the rope and bring Anna’s body to the surface.
A doctor attempted to resuscitate Anna to no avail.
According to local press, she suffered a fatal wound to the head as a result of becoming embroiled with the propeller.
Anna’s father Umberto Chiti told local press: “I want the truth – my daughter was not supposed to do any manoeuvres.
“For a boat of that size, which carries tourists around, it needed more staff.
“Anna was alone with the sailor.
“As far as I know she had been taken [on in the job] because she spoke very good English.
“Because she spoke English, she didn’t have to be a sailor.”
Anna, a student at the Nautical Institute, died by the Marina Santelena dock, in Venice, Italy.
She enjoyed sailing and seeing her boyfriend, Jacopo, in her spare time.
According to her school’s principal Michelangelo Lamonica, she enjoyed water-related spots and loved the sea.
Investigations into her death are underway and an autopsy will provide further details to the Venice Prosecutor’s Office.
The Public Prosecutor’s Office and the Port Authority are trying to find out if Anna was offered an employment contract.
They want to determine which tasks were assigned to her as part of her job.
Investigators are also analysing footage from the dock’s surveillance cameras and interviewing witnesses on board, including crew members and tourists.
At the moment, no one is under investigation.
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