ONE person has died and another has been injured following a horrific jet ski incident on a Russian river.
Shocking footage shows the moment the victims collided with a jet ski as their doughnut shaped inflatable was towed by a motor boat on the Irtysh River in Omsk, Russia.
The pair were filmed laughing and shouting as they bucked around in the waves at high speeds on Sunday, before the jet ski rammed into them.
The video – filmed from the motor boat – shows one of the riders, believed to be 22 years old, in the moments before he is sent flying through the air.
The other – more shielded from the impact – survived but was injured in the collision, local media reports.
Police say the jet ski pilot fled instantly and has not yet been traced.
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A probe into the incident has been launched by the Eastern Interregional Investigation Department for Transport of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation.
Investigators have already studied the crime scene and seized the motor boat and doughnut ring.
Police have interviewed the boat pilot and witnesses.
The tragic incident comes roughly a year after a woman shared the terrifying moment a jet ski spray shot up inside her and devastated her organs.
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Matilda, 21, was on a jet ski with friends when she lost grip of the person in front of her and fell backwards over the craft’s water spray, causing it to “shoot up” her bum.
“This was my first and last time on a jet ski,” the Aussie TikTok star from New South Wales said in a post that’s been viewed more than a million times.
“I was sitting on the back of the jet ski when the accident happened … and we were riding along and I somehow lost grip of the person in front of me and somehow fell backwards.
“The water jet shot up my bum and tore up all my insides.”
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Matilda underwent emergency surgery and had her abdominal organs removed and cleaned.
Her bowel and kidney had to be “fixed” before being put back in.
