Terrifying video has captured the moment a lady stewing over whether to leap from a cliff suddenly slipped and toppled down the rocks before dropping to the water.
The dramatic scene was coincidentally captured by Australian man Kal Glanznig, who had moments earlier been highlighting why tourists needed to get travel insurance.
“On this week’s episode of why it is best to get travel insurance, we’ve got old mate [the woman] who has no idea what the water temp is,” he was heard saying before shrieking as she began falling.
The girl, who was standing atop a cliff in Fiordo di Furore in Italy, seemed to be deciding whether to take make the dangerous jump when she lost her balance.
An echo of screams may very well be heard from witnesses as she fell and smashed her legs on a part of the cliff on the way in which down.
Based on Mr Glanznig, whose video was posted to Instagram, it “took about one hour to get her carried up all the steps to the ambulance”.
The clip was shared with the caption: “If only travel insurance firms offered extra idiot protection”.
Viewers were mortified the lady was even contemplating the jump to start with.
“I’ve been there … it’s very shallow water,” one wrote in a comment.
“The ol hesitation. It would get ya,” one other said.
Others noted the spot was crammed with rocks and agreed it was not a protected location to leap from.
“This makes my entire body hurt,” another person said.
The video has been liked by greater than 30,000 people and has attracted near 500 comments.
