India, June 3 -- A South Florida high schooler does a backflip and hits the girl standing behind him while accepting his diploma.

The incident reportedly happened over the weekend at South Plantation High School's graduation ceremony, per an Instagram-based news handle, its_onsite. The grad accidentally hitting the girl, caught on video, quickly made its way around social media.

Notably, the video shows that as graduates lined up to receive their diplomas, one did a backflip on stage. But things didn't go exactly as planned. Mid-flip, his foot connected with the girl standing behind him, knocking her off balance.

"He did apologize but he did warn her before the name was called he was going to do a flip. Excitement happened too quickly ...