Astronaut dies in ski jet accident

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida: Alan Poindexter, a two-time shuttle astronaut, died after a jet ski accident in Pensacola, Florida, NASA said.
“The NASA family was sad to learn of the passing of our former colleague Alan Poindexter,” NASA wrote on Facebook. “Our thought and hearts are with his family.”
Poindexter, 50, was riding jet skis with his two sons in Little Sabine Bay at Pensacola Beach on Sunday when the accident occurred, officials from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission told the Pensacola News Journal.
Poindexter’s older son, who is 26, crashed into the jet ski that Poindexter shared with his 22-year-old son, the newspaper reported.
The impact knocked Poindexter off the jet ski. He was pulled from the water and taken to the beach where friends attempted to revive him.
Poindexter was then flown by helicopter to Baptist Hospital where he later died from his injuries.