An American man was killed in the Bahamas after his jet ski collided with another vessel over Labor Day weekend.
The crash took place in the waters off Paradise Island on Saturday morning.
Officers from the Marine Support Service Branch were dispatched to the scene at 11.30am.
‘The male rider of the jet ski was found unresponsive with visible injuries,’ The Royal Bahamas Police Force said.
‘Medical personnel visited the scene, examined the victim, but found no vital signs of life.’
No further details have been released about the victim, who was identified as a man of US nationality.
The Daily Mail has contacted the State Department and the US Embassy in the Bahamas for more information.
The deadly crash came the same day two other US nationals were involved in a jet ski collision in Paradise Island.
An American man was killed in a jet ski crash in the waters off Paradise Island in the Bahamas (pictured: stock image of Paradise Island) over Labor Day Weekend
Shortly after 6.30pm on Sunday, officers responded to a jet ski crash involving two American men, aged 42 and 29.
The two men were riding the jet ski when it lost control and hit a dock near a resort, police said.
First responders treated their injuries on scene and both men declined further medical treatment at the hospital.
In April, the US Embassy issued a security alert over the risks of renting jet skis in The Bahamas.
They advised Americans to avoid renting jet skis, citing several incidents of rape and sexual assault of Americans by jet ski operators.
‘Since August 2024, four US citizens were hospitalized with injuries from jet ski accidents,’ the embassy said.
‘Of these, two needed emergency evacuations to the United States due to their injuries.’
US government employees working the Bahamas have been banned from renting and using jet skis on New Providence and Paradise islands due to security risks.
This is a developing story.
