A Gucci worker has shared a memorable video of herself enjoying a boat ride in Florida with her boyfriend minutes before she died after a killer wave reportedly swept her off the ship.
Lindsey Partridge, 22, can be seen in the video frolicking with her boyfriend on an open boat while cruising Boca Raton Bay on March 13, just hours before she fell overboard and died.
Wearing a yellow bikini and braided pigtails, a Nashua, New Hampshire woman puts sunglasses on top of her head as she takes a selfie video of herself at the helm of a 23-foot outboard boat with her beau Jacob Smith, 24. standing behind her, flashing a wide smile behind his own glasses.
In one video, filmed from the helm, she filmed Smith, who lives in Manchester, New Hampshire, sprawled out on the prow of a boat, basking in the sun as the boat glides across the water.
Lindsey Partridge, 22, hit her head when a 23-foot wave hit her small rented motorboat off the coast of Boca Raton.
She shot the video moments before sailing the boat out of the calm bay into the Atlantic Ocean and sent it to her friend Alison Mullinder, who shared it with The Sun.
The couple went on vacation to Florida last week to get away from a cold, snowy New England winter, but their vacation ended in tragedy.
The couple were only 150 yards from shore just in the afternoon near the Boca Raton Beach Club when a 23-foot wave hit the boat, sweeping Partridge overboard, her father Donald Partridge told Boston 25 News.
Smith tried to return the boat to pick up his girlfriend, but was unsuccessful, according to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, which is investigating the fatal incident.
The boat was 150 yards from the shore. Partridge was blown overboard. A video she took before the accident shows calm waters, but at the time there was a small boat in the area with a weather warning.
Partridge and her beau Jacob Smith, 24, were vacationing in Florida when she died in a boating accident.
“The Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission extends its sincere condolences to Ms Partridge’s family and friends at this tragic time,” a spokesperson said.
Vigilant beach club lifeguards swam out, picked up Partridge and swam ashore, commission investigators said. She was taken to a local hospital, but could not be revived.
Witnesses said she was bleeding heavily as she was pulled ashore, and her family said she hit her head before entering the water.
Her father, Donald Partridge, told the Boston 25 News that she called at noon, laughing and having fun on the boat, at 12:15 a wave hit.
“They were having fun and she was very excited and it was at 12 o’clock and at 12:15 she died,” he said before bursting into tears.
Her mother Jessica said it was Smith who jumped in after her and pulled her body ashore.
Family and friends described her as full of life. She worked at a Toyota dealership in Nashua, New Hampshire and was hired by Gucci to work at their New York store.
Partridge was on a romantic vacation away from the harsh New England winter when she died in a boating accident in Florida.
Family members said Partridge was fearless. Her father said she was “hot-tempered”.
“He turned the boat around and couldn’t get to her as fast as he wanted, so then he jumped into her and swam to the shore and she hit her head, she had a fatal injury in the back of her head,” the crying mother said. news channel.
Small boats were in the area at the time of the accident, according to the Fish and Wildlife Commission.
Her father said she was an experienced sailor, but conditions got out of hand.
“Any boat under 30 feet shouldn’t be there, and she rented a 23-foot boat,” Donald Partridge told a Boston news station. ‘This is not her first time. She is familiar with boats, she knows a little about boats, but they left and he was hit by a big wave and I think she was thrown out of the boat.
She was hired by Gucci to work in their New York store.
According to her father, Partridge worked hard at everything she did. She is pictured here at the Toyota dealership in Nashua, New Hampshire where she worked.
Mallinder described her as “young, wild and free”.
She worked at a Toyota dealership in Nashua and was hired by Gucci in New York as a sales representative.
“She worked very hard and was successful in everything she did,” her father, Donald Partridge, told The Sun. “She was fearless and definitely hot-tempered. She made everyone feel loved.
“She might just have met you, but she made you feel like you’ve been friends for 30 years.”