A frightening scene unfolded at a water park in Cocorná, a small town in Colombia’s Antioquia region, when a young woman lost consciousness after plunging down a slide and slamming into the pool below.
A minute-and-a-half video circulating on social media shows the woman sliding down face-first before being launched several feet into the air at the bottom of the ride. She then crashes into the water in what’s colloquially known as a “belly flop,” hitting the surface hard enough that she doesn’t resurface right away.
Lifeguards and staff members who witnessed the fall rushed into the pool to help. More than five people can be seen in the footage working together to pull her out, as she remained unresponsive for several tense minutes. Someone in the crowd can be heard saying she’d fainted and had the wind knocked out of her.
Rescuers eventually revived her and checked her vital signs on-site. Remarkably, despite the force of the impact, she recovered enough that she didn’t need to be taken to a hospital and reportedly walked out of the park under her own power.
As of this report, the water park had not issued any public statement about the incident, and it did not respond to inquiries from local media seeking comment. The case has raised fresh questions about safety oversight at recreational water attractions in the area.
You can watch the original footage and read more in the full report from El Tiempo.
Source: Video muestra cuando una mujer se lanzó de un tobogán en Antioquia y quedó inconsciente tras golpear contra el agua (eltiempo.com). English version produced with AI assistance.
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