Bungee jump gone horribly wrong as woman plunges to death off bridge without safety rope
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A 21-year-old woman died after being thrown from a bridge without proper bungee cord equipment in São Paulo, Brazil, on Saturday, according to the São Paulo Governor's Office.
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A Brazilian woman has died after bungee jump workers pushed her from a bridge without attaching her safety rope, causing her to plummet approximately 40 metres to her death.Maria Eduarda Rodrigues de Freitas, 21, fell from the Ponte do Esqueleto, known as Skeleton Bridge, in Limeira, São Paulo state, on Saturday morning.The recent graduate in physical education and sports management was participating in a rope-jumping activity organised by a private company when staff failed to secure her to the elastic cord before launching her from the platform.Emergency services pronounced her dead at the scene after she sustained multiple catastrophic injuries.
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TRENDING Stories Videos Your Say Footage circulating on social media captured the moments before the fatal fall, showing two crew members guiding Ms Rodrigues de Freitas onto the jumping platform.Witnesses told Military Police event staff appeared to have forgotten to connect the safety line before sending her over the edge.Immediately...
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