Dubai Police Port Station’s victim support team rescues a second teenager from a breakwater crash and details life-saving maritime trauma response.
DUBAI — July 16, 2026 — A holiday excursion in Dubai turned into an absolute tragedy when an 18-year-old tourist from Mauritius drowned in a severe jet ski accident on the exact day of her 18th birthday. The devastating collision occurred when the watercraft went out of control and struck a coastal breakwater. While the birthday celebrant tragically died at the scene, Dubai Police marine rescue teams executed a high-stakes rescue operation to save her teenage relative, who suffered life-threatening injuries against the rocks.
The catastrophic incident stands as one of the most emotionally challenging cases managed by the specialized Victim Support Team at the Dubai Police Ports Station. First Lieutenant Meera Al Hadad, alongside Captain Waleed and Major Khalil, detailed the extensive tracking, medical coordination, and emotional rehabilitation protocols deployed by the unit, which handled 144 maritime crisis reports over the previous calendar year.
The tragedy unfolded after the two holidaying teenagers, aged 17 and 18, decided to swap driving positions while operating the hired jet ski on their return journey. According to official police accounts, the less experienced teenager assumed steering control, accelerated sharply, and lost command of the vessel moments later, driving the watercraft directly into a stone breakwater.
The high-speed impact threw both passengers violently into the open water. The birthday tourist drowned immediately upon impact, leaving her family traumatized by the painful reality that her date of birth and date of death would forever remain identical. The surviving relative sustained critical orthopedic trauma, including severe leg injuries, after being repeatedly dashed against the shoreline rocks by the current.
Marine rescue units arrived at the crash site within a critical operational window, extracting the dying teenager from the rock formations and transporting her directly to an emergency medical facility.
Following the initial emergency procedures, the victim support unit managed all logistical and translation arrangements for the foreign family, coordinating continuous hospital visitations and bureaucratic clearances over a multi-month rehabilitation period until the survivor was medically cleared to fly back to Mauritius.
