Lindsey Partridge, 22, died tragically during a romantic vacation with her lover.

A Groton family is heartbroken after learning that their middle child died in Florida while on vacation.

Partridge died while yachting off the coast of Boca Raton, Florida. The boat was 150 yards out.

“Any boat smaller than 30 feet shouldn’t be out there and she rented a 23-foot boat,” says Donald Partridge. “It’s not her first time. She’s familiar with boats, she knows boats a little bit, but they went out and a big wave hit him and I guess she was thrown from the boat,” said her dad Donald Partridge.

“We’re crying a lot over crying in huddles,” adds her mom Jessie Partridge. “She had such a full life I mean she golfed and she hiked.”

“She was my best friend,” says her sister Chelsea.

Partridge was with her boyfriend, who, according to her relatives, attempted to save her.

“He turned the boat around and couldn’t get to her as fast as he wanted so he jumped in afterward and swam her to shore and she hit her head she had a fatal injury in the back of her head,” says Jessie.

It happened on Sunday, and cops arrived a few hours later.

“They said shut off the car Donny we need to talk it’s about Lindsey,” Donald recalls. “I have an Officer on the phone from Florida who’s going to tell you a series of events that happened. Is she OK? No she died.”

At 12:15 p.m. on Sunday, her family found out they had just talked to her 15 minutes before she died.

“They were having fun and they were really excited and that was around 12 o’clock and at 12:15, she died.” says Donald.

The incident is being investigated by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission’s Division of Law Enforcement.

Image Credit: Lindsey Partridge/facebook

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