Retired astronaut killed in Florida jet ski crash
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Officials in Florida say a retired astronaut died in a jet ski crash off Pensacola Beach.
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission officials say 51-year-old Capt. Alan G. Poindexter was riding on a jet ski with his 22-year-old son Sunday afternoon when his 26-year-old son crashed into them with another jet ski.
The Pensacola News Journal reports Zachary Poindexter hit the rear of the jet ski, knocking his father into the water.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Wildlife agency spokesman Stan Kirkland says Poindexter was pulled from the water and taken to the beach where friends performed CPR. He died a short time later at a hospital. Zachary Poindexter and his brother Samuel were not injured.
The fish and wildlife agency is investigating the crash.
Poindexter piloted the Atlantis space shuttle in 2008.