Venice Gondola Capsizes, Dumps Tourists After They Reportedly Wouldn't Stop Standing Up to Take Selfies

The incident was captured by several bystanders and shared on social media

A group of Venice tourists found themselves in cold water after their gondola capsized.

The passengers had reportedly been moving around the gondola to take selfies rather than following the gondolier's guidance to stay seated, according to the Guardian, which cited reports in the local press.

The news outlet added that the gondolier had been navigating the boat under a bridge near St. Mark’s Square when it overturned. He fell into the water himself before trying to help rescue the others.

The recent incident was captured in footage shared on social media. In a video posted on Sunday by TikTok user Luca Ultra Effe, the passengers are seen in the water grabbing onto the side of the vessel, as one cries out.

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An Instagram account called Venezia Non è Disneyland (Venice Is Not Disneyland) noted that the tourists were brought to safety at La Fenice theater nearby.

This isn’t the first time a tourist in Italy has flouted the rules while sightseeing this year.

In July, a woman was caught on camera climbing into Rome’s Trevi Fountain, a historic landmark, and filling up her bottle as fellow tourists looked on in shock.

The woman then balanced on uneven stones as she made her way out of the fountain and back to the viewing area. A guard approached the tourist and after a short conversation, escorted her away from the landmark.

Related: Baltimore Man Survives Fall Into Mount Vesuvius Crater in Italy While Attempting to Grab His Phone: Reports

In 2022, another visitor to the country fell on a crater on Mount Vesuvius when he was attempting to take a selfie at the volcano's peak and his phone fell out of his hands, PEOPLE reported at the time.

Naples officials said the 23-year-old Baltimore man was injured after entering an unauthorized trail with family members, according to CNN and others.

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Paolo Cappelli, president of the Presidio Permanente Vesuvio, a base at the top of Vesuvius, told NBC News that the man "tried to recover" the device, but wound up slipping and sliding "a few meters into the crater."

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