Woman, 26, dies after being injured by boat propeller as onlookers scream

Natalia Andrea Larranaga Fajardo, 26, jumped into the sea to retrieve her flip-flops when she was sucked into the boat's propeller and suffered 'horrible injuries to legs and buttocks and back

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Colombia: Boaters react when woman injured by boat propeller

Onlookers were heard screaming in horror when a young woman was fatally struck by a boat propeller, after jumping into the sea to find her flip flops.

Natalia Andrea Larranaga Fajardo, 26, died in the horrific accident at White Wata Beach in San Andres, Colombia.

His injuries turned the water red with blood as nearby boaters wept at the sight, cellphone footage revealed.

The accident took place on November 27 and left the young woman from Cali, Colombia with horrific injuries to her buttocks, lower back and legs.

She was taken by jet ski to a hospital on the island and underwent several blood transfusions and surgery to repair her arteries, reports The Daily Star.

Natalia Andrea Larranaga Fajardo, 26, died in the horrific accident at White Wata Beach in San Andres, Colombia (

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The doctors also had to resuscitate her because she went into cardiac arrest.

After the operation, she was taken to intensive care, but suffered another cardiac arrest in the early hours of the next morning.

It turned out to be fatal.