HEARTBREAKING footage shows a Brit dad cradling his baby daughter just minutes before he was killed in a jet ski crash.
Ali Watson, 28, was captured enjoying a boat ride in with girlfriend Charlotte Lescott and little Soulie after the family moved there for a “better start”.
Footage shared by Ali’s partner Charlotte shows him just minutes before the fatal crash
The young family had been enjoying a boat trip togetherCredit: SWNS
Ali was declared dead in front of his baby daughter and CharlotteCredit: GoFundMe
In the video, which was shared by Charlotte, Ali touchingly kisses his baby daughter as his partner lovingly watches on.
Charlotte captioned the devastating clip: “They don’t know it yet but five minutes later he will ride a jetski and a terrible accident will take his life.”
An inquest heard Ali had got on one of two jet skis while on the organised boat tour in December 2020.
The other jet ski was being driven at high speed by an instructor with a female passenger riding on the back.
Ali was suffered traumatic head injuries and blunt-force chest injuries when he was struck by the other vehicle.
The new dad had been thrown into the air by the force of the crash and hit the water face-first.
Tragically, Charlotte watched helplessly from the nearby boat holding their baby in her arms as her partner was declared dead at the scene.
The couple had only moved from the UK to Dubai three months earlier.
Recalling the horror, Charlotte, from , said: “The last thing I said was ‘be safe, I love you’
“Even when I saw the crash I didn’t think the worst.
“I thought he’d have a broken leg. Death doesn’t go through your mind.
“When my friend said Char you need to sit down – I knew what she was going to say. I just felt my whole world had collapsed.
“I just remember screaming at the top of my lungs.”
Coroner Luisa Nicholson read a statement from the UAE Ministry of Affairs stating a criminal case was filed against two men for causing death by mistake.
Suspended jail sentences and fines were later handed to those responsible for the crash.
Ali and Charlotte had moved to Dubai for a ‘better life’Credit: SWNS
They had only been in Dubai for three months when tragedy struckCredit: SWNS
Charlotte bravely recalled the horror at Ali’s inquestCredit: Instagram
She was holding baby Soulie at the timeCredit: SWNS
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