![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/moment-tourists-watch-as-harry-potter-publisher-boss-is-dies-in-boat-crash/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/newspress-collage-23361809-1691232467586.jpg&description=FOOTAGE shows the moment tourists watch in horror as the publishing boss of Harry Potter dies in a boat collision on Italy's Amalfi coast. Adrienne Vaughan, 45, President of Bloomsbury USA , was fatally struck by a propeller after being thrown from a speedboat carrying her family. 7 Adrienne Vaughan was killed in the horror boating crash on the Amalfi coast Credit: Facebook 7 Footage shows shell-shocked wedding guests immediately after the fatal incident occurred 7 The holidaymakers stopped the wedding celebrations and ran to see what had happened Adrienne, 45, her husband Mike and children, Leanna, 14, and Mason, 11, had chartered a boat to tour some of Italy 's southern coast on Thursday. At around 6.30pm, their seven metre pleasure boat collided with a 45 metre Tortuga ship filled with 85 people celebrating a wedding. The shocking video begins with the cheerful sun-soaked celebrations for the bride and groom post their boat ceremony. Suddenly, the boat rocks and screams can be heard. The wedding guests stop dancing and put down their drinks to rush to the side of the boat. "What happened?" someone asks as people yell and run past the wedding altar in the background. "A ship collided with us," a shaken man shouts back. The footage then reveals the horrified looks of the holidaymakers as they witness the immediate aftermath of the fatal incident. Later scenes show the hull of the New York family's broken pleasure boat jammed next to the far larger tourist boat. Helicopters and ambulances immediately responded but Adrienne was declared dead. Her husband was also thrown from the boat and reportedly suffered serious limb injuries, including a dislocated shoulder and lacerated wounds. The children are said to be uninjured but suffering from shock. Their boat's skipper, 30, suffered from fractured ribs and was taken to hospital. Witness Pietro luzzolino, who was working at a barman at the wedding, alleged that the skipper appeared "drunk". He told Italian newspaper Cor){kind=link}
FOOTAGE shows the moment tourists watch in horror as the publishing boss of Harry Potter dies in a boat collision on Italy’s Amalfi coast.
Adrienne Vaughan, 45, President of Bloomsbury USA, was fatally struck by a propeller after being thrown from a speedboat carrying her family.
Adrienne, 45, her husband Mike and children, Leanna, 14, and Mason, 11, had chartered a boat to tour some of Italy’s southern coast on Thursday.
At around 6.30pm, their seven metre pleasure boat collided with a 45 metre Tortuga ship filled with 85 people celebrating a wedding.
The shocking video begins with the cheerful sun-soaked celebrations for the bride and groom post their boat ceremony.