A jet ski slammed into a tourist boat at speed in a popular holiday hotspot, sending a man overboard.
The recording shows a man and a woman in life jackets riding the jet ski as they speed across the water.
The man spots the larger vessel in their path and tries to veer around it.
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However, the jet ski is travelling too fast and is too close to the boat, and ends up striking its front right-hand corner.
The force of the impact hurls one of the boat’s occupants, who is standing, into the sea in front of stunned onlookers.
The collision was caught on camera in the tourist area of Cholón, in the Rosario Islands off Cartagena, Colombia, on Sunday (30 August).
After the footage began circulating online, the Cartagena Port Authority said it was working to establish exactly what happened and determine responsibility.
No injuries or fatalities have been officially confirmed, as reported by Need To Know.
The authority added: “As this is a case that still needs to be verified and could lead to administrative proceedings, the Colombian Maritime Authority is refraining from providing further details or drawing any conclusions about what happened for the time being, until it has fully verified the official information.”
Cholón regularly attracts hundreds of tourists at weekends and during peak periods, increasing the number of boats, jet skis and other watercraft operating in its waters.
It is not the first serious accident to occur in Cholón.
On 2 December 2024, 26-year-old Italian national Nicholas Cudini, from Pocenia, tragically died after two boats collided in the wider Cholón area.
Nicholas was a member of the Santa Clara University football team, which competed in NCAA Division I, the most competitive level of US college sport.
His body was recovered by the Coast Guard almost 24 hours after the tragedy.
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