Panicked teenager plunges to death after unbuckling harness while parasailing
A panicked 19-year-old woman plunged to her death after she frantically unbuckled her harness while parasailing in Montenegro in a disturbing caught-on-camera tragedy.
Tijana Radonjic, who was on vacation from Serbia at the time, died after falling more than 160 feet into the Adriatic Sea in Budva last Wednesday, local outlet Republikka reported.
Chilling footage published by local media showed the distressed young woman tearing at her life jacket and scrambling to unclip her safety restraints just seconds before the midair horror unfolded.
After she managed to break free from the waist buckle, the clip showed a bikini-clad Radonjic trying to wriggle free before she tumbled upside down and suddenly vanished from view.
It wasn't immediately clear why Radonjic started unbuckling herself or how long into the flight the tragedy occurred.
Some local reports suggested she may have suffered a panic attack.
Witnesses claimed they heard the frenzied teen screaming 'Put me down' in the moments before she fell.
The young woman's lifeless body was pulled from the water.
Radonjic went up in the air after a rep for the parasailing company had approached her on the beach and offered a free flight, Kuirr reported.
'We are all in shock after the accident that happened … I do not know exactly what happened,' Mirko Krdzic, the owner of the company, told the outlet.
'She did not show any fear of flying. She underwent training after which the tragedy followed. Technical inspections of all the equipment are underway and the results of the autopsy are awaited.'
Authorities are still investigating the ordeal.
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